Two small children were found decapitated in a bathtub yesterday on the French island of Guadeloupe.
The bodies of the mutilated four-year-old and 13-month-old siblings were discovered by their distressed father overnight in their family home.
The children’s mother, who is the prime murder suspect, was found naked and wandering the streets by two police officers after the alarm was raised.
According to French outlet Le Parisien, the woman, who is believed to be in her forties, was speaking incoherently and was unable to explain the reasons for her actions when approached by police.
According to public prosecutor Caroline Talbo, the woman was initially taken into custody and then released due to her mental state, and has since been hospitalised.
The police have opened a murder investigation, but further details have not been disclosed.
The horrific killing of two innocent children come s just days after a woman killed herself and her two children last week after jumping off Niagara Falls.
Chianti Means, 33, stepped over the guardrail at Luna Island on Monday night, with her two kids Roman, 9, and Mecca, four months.
Police said last Wednesday that after sweeping the area thoroughly for days that search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful.
Since her passing, previous Facebook posts she had made have resurfaced online in which she expressed a desire to get back with the father of her daughter.
Just days before jumping to her and her kids’ deaths, Means marvelled about her daughter, writing online that she was beautiful.
On October 14, Means expressed regret that she and her daughter’s father were no longer together.