Chanthy Mao Charged with Murder in Stabbing Deaths of Her Two Children, Savann & Savanna Mao in Their South Philly Home

What the heck is going on in the news? Chanthy Mao, a South Philadelphia mother with a history of mental illness, has been charged with murder after stabbing her two children to death. Mao, also known as Sotheary Mao, confessed to stabbing Savann Mao, 8, and Savanna Mao, 12, police told NBC Philadelphia. If this woman attempted to commit suicide last year and was recently hospitalized for a mental evaluation, why was she left alone with her children? It seems that the mother, who migrated from Cambodia, was not only a threat to herself but to her children as well. This could have been avoided.

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