L.A. woman killed partner, possibly threw kids from a moving SUV before crashing it, police say
An L.A. woman fatally stabbed her partner, possibly threw her two kids from a moving SUV on the 405 freeway and then killed herself by crashing into a tree, authorities said.
A Los Angeles woman fatally stabbed her partner and possibly threw her two children from a moving SUV on the freeway before she fatally crashed into a tree Monday morning, authorities said.
An 8-month-old girl died and her 9-year-old sister was injured in the violence, which began around 3:40 a.m., Los Angeles police said Tuesday.
The children’s mother, Danielle Johnson, 34, got in an argument with a man whom she lived with, Jaelen Chaney, and stabbed him with a knife, police said.
California Highway Patrol officers investigate the recovery of a dead infant and an older child along Interstate 405 in Culver City, Calif., on Monday.NBC Los AngelesJohnson then took her two children in a Porsche SUV, and at 4:30 a.m. that car was seen driving on Interstate 405 "when the two children were expelled from the vehicle while it was moving,” police said in a statement.
Investigators believe the children fell or were thrown out of the moving vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said. The infant died, and the 9-year-old was taken to a hospital with what police said were moderate injuries.
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