Mother strangles 3 kids in Isabela

By Raymund Catindig

BURGOS, Isabela -- – A mother allegedly strangled to death her three children here Wednesday night.

Senior Insp. Randy Cabaddu, Burgos police chief, said they took custody of Marilyn Foronda after her children Adam McWane, 3; Stephen Dane, 2, and three-month-old Shansa Sara were found dead Thursday.

Foronda’s seven-year-old child, who managed to escape, told police that her mother strangled her siblings one after another while they were sleeping at their house in Barangay Caliguian.

Foronda’s husband, a seaman, left to work abroad three months ago.

The neighbors of Foronda said she could be suffering from post-natal depression or the feeling of anxiety, guilt, irritability and anger, including suicidal thoughts and desire to harm her baby and other people.

They said the suspect had been alone in her house and refused to talk to anyone, including her in-laws, since she gave birth.