There is a famous quote that says, ‘A mother’s love endures through all’. It perhaps makes us think about the love that our own mother had for us and how she was willing to go anything to make sure we were safe and comfortable. Of course, there are going to be some people who didn’t have a mother that cared for them in quite that way, but the natural thing for a mother to do is to love her children. Unfortunately, there are some mothers out there that shock us with what they are capable of doing.
Rachel Henry was a mother who was 22 years old when her children died. The saddest part of the story is that they died after she smothered all 3 of them, one at a time while she sang lullabies to them and their father was in another room. It started when she was playing and ended up on top of her one-year-old daughter’s body. She knew she couldn’t breathe but she didn’t move. In fact, she even put her hand over the child’s mouth and smothered her as her 3-year-old son watched. The little boy tried to get her to stop, even punching her in the face at one point but she didn’t stop until the baby stopped kicking.
Police say this woman, 22-year-old Rachel Henry, admitted to killing her three children, ages 3, 2, and 7 months. Medical examiner will determine cause of death. Rachel was taken into custody last night. #Fox10Phoenix pic.twitter.com/8XORCWyfYW
— Christina Carilla (@ChristinaCFox10) January 21, 2020
The father of the children and their aunt came home at that point and the young boy got busy playing with another family member. Rachel then excused them to go change his pants and smothered him in the other room. She even said how she sang to him as he scratched and pinched her. At that point, her 7-month-old daughter was smothered while she sang to her.
A memorial has been created to honor the three children who were killed by their mother, Rachel Henry, Monday. The two pink balloons and one blue represent the 2 little girls and boy that died. @azcentral pic.twitter.com/GCDdK1VwfB
— Alyssa Stoney (@stoney_alyssa) January 22, 2020
Rachel was arrested for the murders and the full impact of what she had done was evident to all. Many of the friends and family members were shocked at the scene, even saying that they had never noticed that behavior in her before. Even the father of the children is having a hard time coming to terms with it. She said that she felt like she was losing her mind but we will have to see how a jury sees it.