Arizona police have arrested 35 year-old Connie Villa, the mother of a teenage girl who was found murdered on Christmas Day, The Associated Press reported. Villa allegedly attempted to kill all of four her children and her ex-husband Adam Villa, according to Arizona police.
Villa has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of her daughter, 13-year-old Aniarael Macias, who was found dead in the family apartment bathroom, according to news reports.
Arizona police said that "they believe that Villa called her ex-husband to come over on Christmas Day so that she could kill him. After he arrived, she allegedly stabbed him repeatedly in the torso, police said. Adam Villa was able to escape and call the police as he drove himself to the hospital," according to The AP.
When police arrived at Villa's apartment, "they forced open the door and found her holding a knife to her chest with apparent self-inflicted stab wounds on her torso," The AP reported.
Villa's three younger children were also found without any stab wounds, according to Casa Grande Police Department spokesman Thomas Anderson.
"We are anxiously awaiting the results of the toxicology report to determine that [cause of death]," Evidence found on scene and interviews of the children give us cause to believe Aniarael was also given some type of prescription narcotic drug," Anderson said.
