Connecticut Mother Allegedly Strangled Her 3 Kids To Dying Earlier than Taking Her Personal Life

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A mom in Connecticut allegedly strangled her three kids to dying earlier than taking her personal life this week.

Based on a press release from the Danbury Police Division on Fb, Sonia Loja and her three youngsters – 12-year-old Junior Panjon, 10-year-old Joselyn Panjon, and 5-year-old Jonael Panjon had been discovered useless on Wednesday night. Danbury Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour informed CBS New York that legislation enforcement responded to a 911 name at round 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday from an individual “who sounded distraught and was crying” and requested for a wellness examine to be accomplished on the household’s home.

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When police arrived on the scene, Ridenhour mentioned they found “three deceased juveniles inside the house and so they discovered a deceased feminine within the yard on the residence.” Legislation enforcement acknowledged on Fb that “the kids all seem to have died by strangulation, and the mom’s suspected explanation for dying is asphyxia by hanging.”

So unhappy…

Police shared within the on-line assertion that Sonia and her little ones lived with two different adults – their father and uncle – who had been supposedly not current when the our bodies had been found. Nevertheless, neighbors and a household relative later claimed to The New York Submit that the husband, Pedro Panjon, was the one who known as for a wellness examine since he had not heard from Sonja all day and located the our bodies. Neighbor Elvis Espinal informed the outlet on Thursday:

“He known as the cops and requested them to do a wellness examine, after which he got here right here, and he beat the cops right here. So he went inside, and like a pair minutes later he got here out, and he known as 911 and simply fainted to the bottom.”

His cousin, Digna Naulaguari, informed the outlet that Panjon knew one thing was incorrect the minute he entered the entrance door:

“When Pedro got here house from work, the youngsters would all the time rush out to his automobile and yell, ‘Daddy! Yay! My daddy got here again!,’ particularly the woman, Joselyn. They might assist him convey his issues in, like his lunchbox and every little thing. On Wednesday, he got here house, and the door was locked, however the door was by no means locked. When the youngsters didn’t come out … that’s when his coronary heart broke.”

Based on Digna, he ran inside to the kitchen to put his lunchbox down and allegedly noticed a two-page suicide notice. She claimed:

“The letter mentioned, ‘Sorry Pedro, I take my youngsters with me’. He didn’t learn nothing extra, he pushed the letter away. He nonetheless hasn’t learn it.”

Panjon then rushed to one of many bedrooms, the place he discovered Junior and Joselyn on the mattress with cords round their necks, based on the member of the family. The youngest baby was present in one other room, additionally with a twine wrapped round his neck. Terrible…

Police haven’t revealed a motive for the tragic killings at the moment. Nevertheless, the Hartford Courant reported that Sonia ran an unofficial daycare from her house and was pressured to close down her enterprise earlier than the murder-suicide. Maggie Adair, director of presidency and group relations on the state Workplace of Early Childhood, revealed to the publication that the division was investigating the unlicensed baby care enterprise on the mother’s house after receiving an nameless grievance.

Employees first visited the resident on June 2 and cited Sonia for the unlawful enterprise. 4 days later, they made one other cease on the home, throughout which she informed them that the youngsters in care that day had been her family. When OEC workers got here to the place once more on June 29, she was seen persevering with to run the enterprise and was slapped with a stop order.

Digna informed The New York Submit that Sonia, who battled with melancholy, was extraordinarily upset by her enterprise being shut down. She defined:

“Her job was baby-sitting, however the metropolis closed her enterprise down, they mentioned it was unlawful. She was not working. Then she was crying, she was so unhappy. She would say, ‘I must work,’ however she had three youngsters, so she wished to work at home. She wished to remain and care for her youngsters and the opposite youngsters.”

Three days earlier than her dying, Digna claimed Sonia known as her sister to inform her that she was not in a position to sleep for days because of “quite a lot of stress.” The sibling promised to go to over the weekend for a household barbecue, however two days after the telephone name, as Digna places it, “she was no extra.”

Our hearts exit to the members of the family throughout this troublesome time.

When you or somebody you recognize is contemplating suicide, please contact the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), textual content “STRENGTH” to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741-741, or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

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