Loganville woman Isabel Martinez stabs husband and four children to death
Mike Gallagher
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A Loganville mother has been taken into custody after her husband and four young children were found stabbed to death early Thursday morning, according to Gwinnett County Police.
Isabel Cartuno Martinez, 33, was charged with five counts of malice murder, five counts of murder and six counts of aggravated assault, police say.
She has also been put on an immigration hold, according to the jail’s website.
Officers were called to a home on Emory Lane in Loganville just before 5 a.m. after a woman called 911 and said several people had been stabbed. Upon arrival, officers found four children and an adult male dead inside the home. A fifth child was found suffering from serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
Investigators say all the children are under age 10, with the youngest suspected to be a toddler.
"We have an adult female detained," said Corporal Michele Pihera with the Gwinnett County Police Department. "It's safe to say she's the wife and mother of the people who resided inside the home."
Cpl. Pihera said the suspect was taken to Gwinnett County Police headquarters, where she's being questioned.
"This is a horrendous crime," Pihera said. "This is something that we never expected in this community."
Police are working to determine a motive and what led up to the deadly stabbing
Martinez is currently being held at the Gwinnett County jail without bond.
33-year-old Isabel Cartuna Martinez
Police: Mom in custody after husband, 4 children stabbed to death
Martinez was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing her husband and four children to death in an Atlanta suburb. A 911 call was placed to Gwinnett County police at 4.47am on Thursday (Pictured, emergency personnel investigate the house in Loganville, Georgia)
When officers arrived on the scene (pictured), they found the five victims dead. A fifth child was taken to the hospital with injuries described as serious
Neighbors say Martinez (pictured, left and right) may have been suffering from depression following the death of her father in Mexico, according to one of her neighbors
Neighbor Pedro Ramirez, 15, said that he used to watch the family's daughters in the park and that they would ride bikes in the neighborhood (Pictured, Martinez with two of her children)
