PHOENIX (AP) - A woman has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the suffocation deaths of her three young children in Phoenix.
The indictment filed Monday against Rachel Henry mirrors earlier charges lodged by prosecutors in the Jan. 21 deaths of 3-year-old Zane Henry, 23-month-old Miraya Henry and 7-month-old Catalaya Rios.
Henry’s attorney, Alan Tavassoli, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment late Tuesday afternoon.
Henry is scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 4.
Prosecutors have said that Henry has acknowledged having a history of methamphetamine addiction and that her children had previously been removed from their home by child-welfare authorities in Oklahoma because of issues related to her drug problem. Henry’s family moved to Phoenix in June.
The Arizona Department of Child Safety said it didn’t have any earlier contacts or abuse reports involving the family.
No motive for the killings has emerged.
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