A woman in California was arrested on Tuesday after authorities found her laying in bed with her three dead children, according to the New York Daily News.
Carol Coronado, 30, was holding a knife and covered in blood when officials found her next to her three-year-old, two-year-old, and two-month-old daughters around 5 p.m. in their Torrance home.
Police arrested Coronado on suspcion of murder. Additionally, the sheriff's department released a statement claiming the mother's relatives told officers they believed she killed her children.
"The deputies were directed to the house by the grandmother," sheriff's homicide Lt. Dave Coleman told The Daily Breeze. "We did find the babies inside the residence."
The children's father and grandmother were home at the time of the arrest. The father is currently being questioned by investigators, the Los Angeles Times said.
An official cause of death as not been released, though authorities found several knives in the home.
One of the family's neighbors, Ashley Madrid, told The Breeze that the father was working on his car when the grandmother broke the news to him.
"I saw when they were bringing him out," Madrid said. "He was crying. He was crying, 'She killed my daughters!'"
Madrid also said she was told Coronado had a kitchen knife and was trying to slit her wrists.
Once authorities arrived, the mother -- who was naked and only covered in a blanket -- was put in a patrol car and then placed in an ambulance.
"She was full of blood on her face and arms," Madrid said.
