Arizona mom stabs 3 sons to death and attempts to kill herself, police say
Law enforcement officials stand outside a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
A Phoenix police detective exits a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
A Phoenix police detective prepares to enter a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Phoenix police detectives stand outside a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
A Phoenix police detective stands outside a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
A Phoenix police detective exits a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
A Phoenix police detective stands outside a home, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in Phoenix where three boys were killed during a several hour period Wednesday night. The boy's mother was hospitalized in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds according to Phoenix police. (AP Photo/Matt York)
PHOENIX — The Phoenix mother had been transported to the hospital covered in blood with stab wounds to her neck and abdomen when police officers searching her house opened a closet to a grim discovery.
Inside officers found the partially dismembered bodies of her three young sons.
Police discovered the dead boys — ages 2 months old and 5 and 8 years old — in a closet full of miscellaneous items. Phoenix police Sgt. Trent Crump said the youngest boy’s body was in a suitcase.
Crump said the children appeared to have been stabbed to death and “parts of their bodies were dismembered.”
The 29-year-old mother is in the hospital in critical condition with self-inflicted stab wounds. Police say she is the primary suspect and will face charges.
