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California woman says she drowned children to protect them

her waist. There was a cast or ban- holic who may have sexually abused
dage on her left arm. She cried several their eldest child.
times during the nearly half-hour in- Denton’s court filings tell of Carril-
terview in which she said she did not lo’s post-partum depression follow-
have an attorney. ing the birth of their middle child.
She began therapy but quit. She
“I know that I’m going to be in jail for self-medicated with marijuana, he
the rest of my life. It’s something I’ve claimed.
come to terms with,” she said.
In texts and social media posts, she
Carrillo’s children — 3-year-old Jo- said things like “I wish I never had
anna Denton Carrillo, her 2-year-old kids” and threatened to kill herself.
brother, Terry, and 6-month-old sis-
ter, Sierra — were found dead Satur- Carrillo also believed she was “sole-
day by their maternal grandmother in ly responsible” for the coronavirus
her apartment in the Reseda neigh- pandemic, Denton wrote, and she
borhood of Los Angeles. She was ar- thought that the small California city
rested later that day in Tulare County, of Porterville — where the family had
nearly 200 miles (322 kilometers) lived until the end of February — was
north of the scene. home to a “giant sex trafficking ring.”

(AP) — A California woman sus- and landed on her groin area and later In the interview, Carrillo said she had In her interview, Carrillo said she had
pected of killing her three chil- said it hurt, according to court docu- driven north intending to drive off a dealt with depression, anxiety and
dren in the midst of a bitter cus- ments filed in the custody case. Car- cliff and kill herself but the car be- post traumatic stress syndrome her
tody battle said Thursday that she rillo believed the pain was from Den- came stuck in a ditch and she instead entire life and had sought out a thera-
drowned them to keep them away ton molesting her, a claim he denied, took the vehicle of some people who pist for post-partum depression but
from their father, a television sta- the documents said. had stopped to help her. contended that it was Denton who
tion reported. posed a threat to the children.
He said she was checked by a doctor However, she pleaded not guilty on
In a jailhouse interview, Liliana Car- who found no evidence of abuse, but Wednesday in a Kern County court- Carrillo alleged that her daughter and
rillo, 30, told KGET-TV that she Carrillo contended that the exami- room to four felony counts of car- a son had shown signs of abuse and
wanted to “protect” them from abuse, nation wasn’t thorough enough, the jacking, attempted carjacking and that she had tried but failed to obtain
the station reported. court documents said. auto theft. help through social workers and law
enforcement.
“I drowned them,” she said in the in- Carrillo told the TV station that she'd Carrillo hasn’t been charged with the
terview at the Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility promised her children when they deaths of her children in Los Angeles “They were just going to hand them
in Kern County. were born that she would protect County pending further investiga- off to the dad,” she said.
them and did not want them to be tion.
“I did it as softly, I don’t know how further abused. Carrillo sought a temporary restrain-
to explain it, but I hugged them and “I wish my kids were alive, yes,” she Police haven’t disclosed a motive for ing order in Los Angeles County.
I kissed them and I was apologizing said. “Do I wish that I didn’t have to the killings. But court filings showed Through the courts, Denton and Car-
the whole time,” she said. “I loved my do that? Yes. But I prefer them not there was a bitter custody dispute be- rillo agreed to swap Denton’s days to
kids.” being tortured and abused on a regu- tween Carrillo and the children’s fa- see the children — a few hours every
lar basis for for the rest of their lives.” ther. other Sunday.
The children's father, Erik Denton,
contended in court papers filed earli- She described herself as a “social The children had been staying with Last Sunday was supposed to be just
er this year that Carrillo was increas- justice warrior” who used to travel Carrillo. his second visit with the kids under
ingly delusional and that the children California advocating against human the new schedule.
weren't safe with her. Denton did not trafficking. She said she met the chil- Fearful for their safety, Denton peti-
immediately respond to a Facebook dren's father when she was his Uber tioned a court for custody March 1, Carrillo said she expects to spend the
message seeking comment on Friday driver and they began talking during alleging that Carrillo was delusional rest of her life in prison.
morning on the abuse claims. a long drive. and had taken the kids and refused to
tell him where they were. Carrillo, in Asked what her final message to her
During an outing last February at a Carrillo, who wore a brown jail turn, filed a restraining order against children, she replied: “I love you, and
park, the couple's oldest daughter fell jumpsuit, had her arms shackled to him and claimed Denton was an alco- I’m sorry.”

Heavy, wet snow shows another side of spring in New England

(AP) — New Englanders ern New York and eastward Rowe each got about 6 inches But late-season snowfall isn't times sees snowfall in May.
who had enjoyed an early through New England. (15 centimeters). Stafford, unusual. The region some-
spring were brought back Connecticut, got a little over
to a cold, blustery reality The wind and heavy snow 3 inches (8 centimeters).
Friday with a storm pack- caused sporadic power outag-
ing powerful wind gusts, es and created slippery condi- Winter weather warnings or
lashing rain and heavy, tions. In Maine, three vehi- advisories were posted for
wet snow. cles hydroplaned and crashed large swaths of Vermont,
in a period of an hour on the New Hampshire, Maine and
A foot of snow had fallen Maine Turnpike before the Massachusetts. The storm
in the town in Spofford in rain turned to snow. One of could linger in some areas
western New Hampshire by them burst into flames; the into Saturday.
midday, and the wind gusted driver escaped without in-
to 40 mph on the coast, said jury. Blooming flowers that quick-
National Weather Service ly became covered in snow
meteorologist Andy Pohl. Elsewhere, the town of Haw- demonstrated how quickly
ley, Massachusetts, recorded the weather can change in
Snow fell from New York’s 7 inches (18 centimeters) New England.
Hudson Valley to north- of snow, and Plainfield and