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Mireya Lopez, 22,
was taken into custody at the suburban residence west of Phoenix
facing two counts of first-degree murder and one count of
attempted murder, police said.
"She was very open and honest with our investigators that she
did it," said Sergeant Brandon Busse, an Avondale, Arizona,
police spokesman. The motive however was not immediately clear.
The boys' grandmother placed a 911 emergency call at about noon
saying that the children were not breathing. Busse said
responding officers found the twin boys unconscious on a bed and
began resuscitation efforts before they were taken to two local
hospitals, where they were pronounced dead.
Lopez, who was being held in a Phoenix jail, also told
investigators that she tried to drown another child but was
thwarted by a family member, Busse said. The child was
uninjured. It was unknown whether Lopez was the child's mother.
Autopsies will be performed to determine the official cause of
the deaths.
(Editing by Chris Michaud and Nick Macfie)
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