PHOENIX β A mother stabbed and killed her three young sons then badly wounded herself in a suicide attempt, Phoenix police say.
The woman is hospitalized in critical condition.
The woman's brother called 911 after returning home late Wednesday and finding she had locked him out, said Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix police spokesman.
The brother eventually got into the home and found his sister with self-inflicted stab wounds. She then tried to drown herself in a bathtub while he got towels for her bleeding, Crump said.
The woman told officers arriving at the scene that her children were somewhere else. But police then found the boys β ages 2 months old and 5 and 8 years old β dead from stab wounds, Crump said.
At least two of the bodies were in a closet.
No identities were released.
