Mum admits to killing three children with help from teen son on Mother’s Day

A mum has admitted to killing three of her children on Mother’s Day with the help of her oldest son, authorities have said.

A Los Angeles mum has admitted to killing three of her seven children on Mother’s Day with the help of her 16-year-old son, authorities have said.

Mother-of-seven Angela Flores, 38, was charged at the LA County jail on Sunday night on three counts of murder for allegedly killing two of her boys and a 12-year-old daughter. Her bail was set at $8.7 million (AUD), the New York Post reports.

The 16-year-old also was arrested on one count of murder and was being held at the Sylmar Juvenile Hall, police told CBS News.

LA police say Angela Flores admitted to killing three of her seven children, aided by her teenage son. Picture: Facebook

The home where the family lived in West Hills, near Los Angeles. Picture: David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Police responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon about 7.40am on Sunday, local time — which was also Mother’s Day in the US — at the home on Victory Boulevard and found the three victims, Natalie, 12, Nathan, 8, and Kevin, who was believed to be about 10, according to CBS.

The Los Angeles Police Department said Flores confessed to killing her children with the assistance of the 16-year-old.

A makeshift memorial outside the family home on Tuesday. Picture: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

A fire department lockbox is seen outside the family home. Picture: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

The cause of their deaths was not immediately released. Flores’ three other children live out of the state with their father and were not harmed.

Neighbours told the local CBS affiliate that Flores had been acting erratically on Saturday night.

She was reportedly heard screaming, praying and lighting candles at other homes on the street.

“I heard someone screaming, ‘My family is abusing me,’ and all kinds of nonsense. I couldn’t make out what it was,” Priscila Canales told CBSLA.

Children’s bikes at the scene. Picture: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Neighbours said that Angela Flores had been acting erratically before reportedly killing three of her children. Picture: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

“I guess at that time she was in our neighbour’s yard … burning a candle and she had the Bible out.”

She said that when Flores was removed on a stretcher, “she kept popping up, jumping up saying, ‘Where’s my Bible? Where’s my Bible?’”

Authorities have not said how the children died or disclosed a possible motive for the crime.

“The deaths of these three children are truly horrific and tragic. As a parent and a grandparent, I send my heartfelt condolences to the people who love them,” LA County District Attorney George Gascon said in a statement.

“We will continue to work with Los Angeles police detectives and my prosecutors will make a filing decision once they have reviewed all of the evidence,” he added, Fox News reported.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission