LOS ANGELES — Three children were found dead in an East Los Angeles home Monday under what Los Angeles County sheriff's officials described as suspicious circumstances.
Deputies responded about 12:45 p.m. to a home in the 600 block of Ferris Avenue following a report of two children not breathing. Inside a bedroom, the deputies found three children who were not breathing and began rendering aid, sheriff's Lt. Charles Calderaro said.
Despite the efforts of deputies and paramedics, the children — two boys and a girl, all younger than 3 — were pronounced dead at the scene, Calderaro said. It wasn't immediately clear how they had died, he said.
There were "no obvious signs" of trauma, Calderaro said, adding that the county medical examiner-coroner's office would make an official finding of the cause of death.
The children's mother, 28, was inside the home when deputies arrived. She was being detained for questioning Monday as a person of interest, Calderaro said.
The lieutenant said it did not appear that the county Department of Children and Family Services had been involved with the children, although he cautioned that this information was preliminary.
The discovery comes three months after three young children were found dead in an apartment on Reseda. In that case, the siblings' mother was eventually arrested.
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