SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman who police say was hearing voices was charged Monday with stabbing to death her two young daughters, whose bodies were found side by side in their home.
Jennifer Kukla, 30, was arraigned on first-degree murder charges in the slayings of Alexandria, 8, and Ashley, 5. She was ordered held without bail, and she could get life in prison without parole if convicted.
Police said that Kukla acknowledged killing her daughters and that alcohol may have been a factor.
Officers called to the home by one of Kukla's sisters on Sunday evening also found three dead Pomeranian dogs stacked atop one another inside a cage, as well as a dead pet mouse.
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Investigators said they had not determined a motive.