Shamaiya Hall: North Texas mother arrested for fatally stabbing three of her five children
ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS: Shamaiya Hall, a 25-year-old mother of five young children, has been taken into custody for allegedly stabbing her children and brutally killing three of them. The murders came to light when her home in Texas was visited by a child protection worker.
Shamaiya Hall was arrested from her home in Italy, Texas, after all five of her children who were all elementary school age were found stabbed and left with knife wounds. Three of her children were found dead while the two surviving children were immediately shifted to a hospital by a helicopter. Suspecting unsupervised visitations at the Texas home, Hall hurting her children was discovered after the CPS officer made a surprise visit. Following the children being removed from Hall's care, another relative became their guardian, reported WFAA.
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What are the charges against Shamaiya Hall?
According to the Ellis County Sheriff's Office, the horrified CPS worker dialed 911 seeking help and calling them to the crime. On Friday night, March 3, Hall was arrested and is currently facing three counts of capital murder and is under custody in the Ellis County Jail. "We are shocked by this incomprehensible tragedy, and already working with law enforcement to investigate how this happened, and why," said the CPS worker.
'They gained their wings'
"I just want everyone to know they were beautiful angels," said a relative who babysat Hall's children and remembered how she held them when they were babies. She said, "I loved them... they gained their wings. This is something, it hurts so bad," and Ellis County Judge Todd Little added, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and citizens of Italy."
"Words cannot express the overwhelming grief felt by the district and the community hearing of such a tragedy. We are a tight-knit, small community and as such many students will be impacted by this incident," said Italy school district superintendent Rachel Kistner who added that counselors would be provided at Stafford Elementary where the kids attended. She added that the district would be providing counselors at the children's school Stafford Elementary. Investigators are yet to find what led to the murder and the murder probe is still ongoing, reported Daily Mail.