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Three children were found dead in Phoenix on Monday night which lead to suspicion of the mother killing her children. The mother has been arrested by the Phoenix police as they suspected her to be the accused.
The mother has been identified as Rachel Henry, by the police.
The 22- year- old, Rachel Henry has been arrested on Monday night after the police has found three children all under the age of four, dead in the home.
One of the spokesperson of police has said that she was booked on three counts of first-degree murder and that the police have not received any information regarding whether Rachel Henry had any legal practitioner who would speak on her behalf.
The phoenix police has tweeted on Monday saying that Rachel Henry has admitted to killing her three children. The children are said to be identified as a son of 3 years of age and two daughters who were 2 years old and 7 months old.
The police has been called by a relative who lives at the house on late Monday and the corpse of the children were found in the living room, said the authorities. Immediate first aid and the CPR were administered by the officers but the children had been pronounced dead. The police has said that there were no obvious signs of trauma to the three children aged 3 year old son, 2 year old daughter and a another daughter of 7 months old.
The authorities have said that, the father of the three deceased children who is 30 years old and a relative who lives in their house and who is of 49 years old of age has been interviewed by the police.
It has been identified that the family has recently moved to the area in Phoenix from Oklahoma.
The Republic had been informed by the Arizona Department of Child Safety that there had never been an allegation regarding child- abuse against Rachel Henry in Arizona as the child safety department has never been in contact with her.
A brief initial appearance at the court had been made where in the court had found no attorney for Rachel Henry to speak on her behalf as the charges of three counts of first- degree had been read by the judge.
The next scheduled court appearance of the 22 years old accused mother is said to be on January 31.
By Shrithika Kushangi