HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) Police in Hot Springs say an Arkansas woman fatally stabbed her elderly mother and her young daughter before she tried to set the older woman’s house on fire.
Authorities say they found 71-year-old Wanda Self and 8-year-old Megan Galey dead with multiple stab wounds at a residence Wednesday. Outside, police found Self’s 46-year-old daughter and mother to Megan, Melissa Galey, climbing out from an area underneath the house, which authorities say appeared to have been set on fire. Police also say Galey was covered in blood.
Investigators say Galey provided statements in which she acknowledged killing her mother and daughter and to attempting to set the residence on fire. Galey is being held without bond on two murder charges and one charge of arson.
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