Mom Charged with Suffocating Children Formally Indicted

A Prince George’s County woman charged with first-degree murder in the suffocation deaths of her two young children has been formally indicted on multiple charges, prosecutors said Thursday.

Prince George’s County Police were called to the Cheverly home of Sonya Spoon, 24, in the 6200 block of Forest Road on Sept. 7 for a report of two unconscious children, Patch previously reported. The children, Ayden Spoon, 1, and Kayla Thompson, 3, were rushed to a local hospital, where both were pronounced dead.

Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said Thursday that Sonya Spoon has been indicted on two counts of first-degree child abuse, two counts of first-degree assault, and two counts of second-degree assault, reports FOX DC.

Recordings of a 911 call between Paivi Spoon, Sonya Spoon’s mother, released by police show she and Sonya Spoon were performing CPR on the children, Patch reports.

Sonya Spoon reportedly admitted on scene to suffocating her children, police say, and was taken into custody.

Sonya Spoon was moved to the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup last month, according to WJLA. Also known as Maryland’s forensic psychiatric hospital, the location is said to be a maximum security facility, according to the website.

No motive has yet been released for killing the children.