Women Drowns Daughters in Bathtub

Thirty-two year old Lorna Valle is being accused of two murders, one of her daughter Lindsey (one year old), and of her daughter Marian (five year old). She allegedly drowned them in the bathtub of their home in South Los Angeles. Currently she is being held without bail. Prosecutors are even considering the death penalty. Both daughters were rushed to a nearby California Hospital then transferred to the California Children’s Hospital. One-year-old Lindsey was pronounced dead upon arriving. Marian was pronounced brain dead. KTLA reports “The children's father, Jose Lopez, made the decision to remove Marian from life-support earlier this week. She was taken off life support at Children's Hospital Los Angeles late Tuesday after her organs were donated.” The tragic incident occurred at 7:30 am on February 15, 2012. The father of the two girls had just gone to the grocery store to come home and find Valle drowning her daughter in the bathroom. “A neighbor told KTLA that when Lopez returned, he heard shouts of ‘My babies! My babies!’” Another neighbor Dina Ceballos told the Los Angles Times that she heard the father say, "If I didn't get out, my girls would still be alive…He was screaming and saying, 'Why didn't she kill herself instead of trying to kill my girls?'” When the fire department got to the home the two girls were already unconscious. The smallest daughter Lindsey was in really bad shape “the toddler was purple”, a bystander reported. Bystanders also reported “They also said they saw Valle with a look they'll never forget: "Blank face," one woman said. ‘She wasn't saying nothing. No expression, no crying, no nothing.’” The description of Valle from the bystanders, evidently characterizes her as a deviant among many who are recently terrorizing the lives of children in our communities. Valle is reported to have a history of a mental illness. "She was hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center." KTLA reports that, “Her arraignment has been scheduled for March 15.”

Posted By: Jenesis Lopez

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