Thursday, September 01, 2011

2 [Cambodian-American] children stabbed to death in Point Breeze

Thu, Sep. 1, 2011
BY MORGAN ZALOT
zalotm@philly.com 215-854-5928
Philly.com (Pennsylvania, USA)

HORRIFIED neighbors gasped as police carried the bodies of two children - brutally stabbed to death allegedly by their mother - out of a home in Point Breeze last night.

The grisly scene was discovered just after 5 p.m. when officers responded to the home, on 18th Street just south of Morris, for a report of a person with a weapon and a disturbance inside, Chief Inspector Scott Small said.

When they arrived, they found an 8-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl with multiple wounds to their chests in the middle bedroom - which police believe was their room - of the first-floor apartment. Both children were pronounced dead at the scene at 5:25 p.m.

The children's 27-year-old mother told police that she stabbed them to death, Small said, adding that she was acting bizarrely when they arrived, leading them to believe that she may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.


Neighbors were shocked as they watched police move in and out of the three-story rowhouse, collecting evidence.

Neighbor Chea Meas, who said that he has been friends with the children's grandfather for five years, said that he was unaware of any depression or mental illness in the family.

He added that the grandfather's family, including the children's mother, moved to South Philadelphia from Cambodia about a year and a half ago.

"It's very shocking and surprising," Meas said. "It seemed the mother was perfect and very nice. I don't know what would lead her to kill her children."

The mother was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to undergo a mental evaluation.

"The fact that she made a statement that she was responsible for stabbing and killing her own children, we would normally take her for mental evaluation," Small said.

"There are no words," he added. "You hope you never see this again in your career."

He said that investigators recovered a knife that they believe may be the murder weapon, but couldn't reveal any details about it.

Police said that the maternal grandparents of the children also lived in the apartment, and that the grandmother was there when police arrived. She may have discovered the bodies, Small said.

He added that several family members were taken to the Homicide Unit for questioning.

"It's a terrible thing to comprehend," he said.

"We're gonna get to the truth."

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is what stress in America can do to you. Cambodians believe America is heaven until they come here to experience that America is hell. Families are broken apart, many Khmers are in jail due to bad environment and influences. Many more negative things can be said. The list will be too long to post.

Anonymous said...

It is true. I do agree with your statement.

Anonymous said...

Everywhere in the world is stressful place:
Europe: debt crisis, econimic woes, discrimination, unemployment, and ect...
America: the same
Cambodia: poverty, injustice, and the threat of civil conflict is there...
Africa: famine and civil war and social unrest...
Middle East: civil unrest, and war.
Heaven: the war between God and satan still raging on.

Solution: take it easy...Peace up...

Anonymous said...

4:47PM
It is heaven compare to Cambodia. If hell see Cambodia the way I did? It first impression would be; "Holy shit!"

While we will never know what her intention is, she either culturally shock or the problems with her political asylum state.
It's just sad to see her escape hell and only to end her life in the land of the free.

Anonymous said...

This is not the first unique case where women kill their own baby even children! Just remember abortion is form of killing!

Let not jump to conclusion and examine her brain!

Anonymous said...

Where the hell is the father for these children? This is very sad knowing innocent children are dying because of the lack responsibility by the adult.

Please share info. when you can locate their father.

LoveKhmer

Anonymous said...

yep..it has been a stressful world lately. R I P kids

Anonymous said...

Wait, base on the "facts", the mother is 27 and her eldest daughter is 12 so the mother was only a teenager of 15 years old when she got humped. This mother is just a teenage mom who knows nothing about life and she had her son when she was only 19. The only this teen mother knows is to f*ck and that is it. Now she f*cked up her two children. Death penalty for sure for this sex-craved teen mom of 27 years old. This is sick. Where is the father in all of this?

Anonymous said...

rest in peace you poor souls! god be with you!

Anonymous said...

To 7:34AM

Fuck you! Do you think she has a choice in male dominated Cambodian society and you should blame her stupid parent for marrying her off to a bastard! I will say again fuck you!