AZ- Mother arrested after toddler, baby found dead in car seats

[JoeFromLB]

Awful.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-t...in-car-seats-in-vehicle-outside-arizona-home/

Last Updated Mar 27, 2018 1:30 PM EDT

SUPERIOR, Ariz. -- A 20-year-old mother has been arrested after a baby and a toddler were found dead in car seats in a vehicle in a rural Arizona community Monday night, reports CBS affiliate KPHO.

Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Navideh Forghani says the children found in the vehicle at a home in the town of Superior were 2 years old and 10 months old. Forghani tells KPHO that 20-year-old Brittany Velasquez was arrested and is being charged with two counts of murder.

 

[Lmustang89]

Her facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brittany.velasquez.96

 

[Lmustang89]

Her husband's facebook *references him as her husband in 2016 posts* can be found through her facebook (appears he died in 2017) -maybe she couldn't handle the 2 young babies

 

[silverjug]

Her boyfriend facebook can be found through her facebook (appears he died in 2017) -maybe she couldn't handle the 2 young babies

Then she should have given them over to the authorities . Poor little souls.

 

[JoeFromLB]

In her booking photo she has the 'dead eye' look we've seen so many times.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_gr...cle_1679bd8f-67bc-53e7-bb2f-027f606253a2.html

Foul play? Not just neglect and abandonment? as if it could get any worse...

 

[bleuboy]

What could have happened that could make a mum kill her children. Looking at her Facebook she seems happy and the kids look happy. Is this another case of making yourself look like a perfect mum on Facebook but really you don't care about your kids.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

If her husband died last year, I understand being in a very bad place. Sad that she could not get the help she may have needed.

 

[msphilosopher]

Nooooooooooo :tantrum:

Not again.

They're adorable, I can't even hold the water works.

 

[bleuboy]

If It was her needing help I would have thought she would try to harm herself. I can't imagine many mums killing their children after losing their husband, but I've heard of killing the kids then killing themselves as well. I don't know what the situation is here, just thinking of what could have happened.

 

[bleuboy]

Heavy have done a 5 facts you need to know.
Apparently someone speaks who was in rehab with the mum.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/03/brittany-velasquez-superior-arizona-mom-murder-children/

 

[bleuboy]

last one I promise lol..
Looks like the family knew the kids were in danger and reported her.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...tany-velasquez-superior-toddler-a8276791.html[FONT=&quot]The local Fox10 news station reported that relatives had repeatedly called child safety authorities to tell them Ms Velasquez’s children were in danger due to her “unstable” mental state.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]The victims’ grandmother told the local CBS News station that “she feels that the system has failed her”.[/FONT]

 

[Blef]

She was in rehab 4-5 years ago according to that article and married at the age of 18, before losing her husband last year. Sounds like she's had a tough life herself. Not that it excuses abusing/murdering her children, but I wonder how much real support she got. Sounds like if she was in rehab at the age of 15/16 then she already had issues, then the death of her husband would also impact on her. I feel sorry for the babies. What a shame.

EDIT: sorry I thought she was 20 now, not 21, but even so. She's still been through a lot in her own short life

 

[bleuboy]

She was in rehab 4-5 years ago according to that article and married at the age of 18, before losing her husband last year. Sounds like she's had a tough life herself. Not that it excuses abusing/murdering her children, but I wonder how much real support she got. Sounds like if she was in rehab at the age of 15/16 then she already had issues, then the death of her husband would also impact on her. I feel sorry for the babies. What a shame.

EDIT: sorry I thought she was 20 now, not 21, but even so. She's still been through a lot in her own short life

The rehab thing I think was a rehab of behavior not drugs. Yeah she has had problems for quite a while by the sounds of things.

 

[atm9533]

wow, I read about this yesterday. I did not think it was on purpose. Poor kids.

 

[cvaldez1975]

another link https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...d-strapped-into-car-seats-superior/462233002/

 

[cvaldez1975]

http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_gr...cle_1679bd8f-67bc-53e7-bb2f-027f606253a2.html

Foul play? Not just neglect and abandonment? as if it could get any worse...

also graphically described the poor condition of her house.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

also graphically described the poor condition of her house.

That article was updated to include details about the condition of her yard, not the interior of her home. Also more details about changing her son's last name etc. (Sorry, too much in a hurry to add details here - check the link for more. http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_gr...cle_1679bd8f-67bc-53e7-bb2f-027f606253a2.html)

 

[cvaldez1975]

so the person who described her behavior at rehab in the heavy article, described classic heroin withdrawal (and also said she was there for heroin)

Heavy have done a 5 facts you need to know.
Apparently someone speaks who was in rehab with the mum.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/03/brittany-velasquez-superior-arizona-mom-murder-children/

 

[cvaldez1975]

that's what I meant. I didn't think they had been inside. sorta "sensational" to me.

That article was updated to include details about the condition of her yard, not the interior of her home. Also more details about changing her son's last name etc. (Sorry, too much in a hurry to add details here - check the link for more. http://www.pinalcentral.com/casa_gr...cle_1679bd8f-67bc-53e7-bb2f-027f606253a2.html)