Mother Sentenced for Slashing the throats of her two Children

Too many insane looking sane in America. Smh!! A Massachusetts woman who tried to kill her two children by slashing their throats before dousing them with lighter fluid and setting fire to their apartment  has been sentenced Friday to 20 to 25 years in prison.

Tanicia Goodwin, 27, of Salem, pleaded guilty to armed assault with intent to murder, arson and other charges during a hearing in Salem Superior Court. She was ordered to not have contact with any children, including her own, 8-year-old Jamaal and 3-year-old Erica.

Authorities said firefighters responding to the blaze in March 2012 discovered that vents and sprinklers in the apartment had been covered and the front doorknob had been removed.

 

Goodwin then went to the police station and told authorities, "I'm sorry, babies. I did what I had to do to protect my children," prosecutors said.

Assistant District Attorney Melissa Woodward said Goodwin 'attacked 8-year-old Jamaal as he was watching a movie on television and eating a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for dinner, telling him that he had lived too long and cutting his throat so deep his trachea was exposed.  

 

'Goodwin then told Jamaal to give a goodbye hug to his little sister, who was lying in a pool of blood after having her neck slashed, Woodward said.

 

'The mother then doused both children with lighter fluid, set a fire and at some point had cut her own neck.Jamaal was sitting inside against a wall, covered in lighter fluid and struggling to breathe through the hole in his throat. 

Erica was bleeding and abandoned on a neighbor's couch.

Then she walked to police station to report herself.


Credit:AP