Maryland Mother Kills 2 Kids While Performing Exorcism
A mother killed two of her own children while performing an exorcism in Germantown, Md., police said.
Montgomery County police have charged two women for murder in the Friday deaths of a 1-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl.
Zakieya Latrice Avery, the mother of the children is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the killings, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, as two other children remain hospitalized after Friday’s attack. Avery, 28, of the 19000 block of Cherry Bend Drive in Germantown, is being held without bond.
Monifa Denise Sanford, 21, who was also at the scene, has been released from the hospital and has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of the two kids and two counts of attempted murder for two children who are still in the hospital. She is also being held without bond.
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