Woman hangs self, 3 kids also

#1

May 29, 2007

Mom hangs kids & self -- baby survives

HUDSON OAKS, Texas (AP) -- A young mother who may have been depressed apparently hanged three of her small daughters and herself in a closet using pieces of clothing and sashes, authorities said Tuesday.

A fourth child, an 8-month-old daughter, was also found dangling in the closet but was rescued from the family's mobile home.

"It's horrendous. That's all I can say," Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said.

The woman was identified as Gilberta Estrada, 25. The infant, Evelyn Frayre, was in good condition at a hospital, Fowler said.

Authorities did not immediately identify the other children, but Fowler said they were apparently ages 5, 3 and 2.

Filly Echeverria, who said she was the children's godmother, identified the dead as Maria Teresa Estrada, Janet Frayre and Magaly Frayre.

After Estrada failed to show up for work, her sister, who lived nearby, forced her way into the locked residence in the Oak Hills mobile home park, about 25 miles west of Fort Worth in this rural community of 1,600 people.

The sheriff said the sister rescued the infant when she realized the baby girl was still alive.

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Thanks, Nix

#2

man thats so sad.....

i dont know why these ppl feel they have no1 to reach out to....

she had a sister....

#3

Wow....this is extremely sad. How or why could someone do this?

#4

man what a psycho...

#5

Is it just me or is TX a hot spot for this sort of thing? Damn shame that a mother would take the kids with her...can't even imagine something like that happening to my son!