2 Women Charged In Stabbing Death Of Germantown Children

GERMANTOWN, Md. - Police charged two women on Saturday in the deaths of two children in Maryland, saying the women believed they were performing an exorcism.

Montgomery County Police charged 21-year-old Monifa Denise Sanford and 28-year-old Zakieya Latrice Avery with murder in the deaths of two of Avery's children, a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old. The women are also facing attempted murder charges for injuring the children's siblings, ages 5 and 8.

Police say the two younger children who died suffered multiple stab wounds.

On Friday, Avery was charged with killing two of her children and trying to kill two more after police found a bloody scene at the home in Germantown.
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