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A mom was charged with murdering her 11-year-old son after their household journey to Disneyland, in response to a Santa Ana Police Division information launch and Orange County District Legal professional’s information launch.
Saritha Ramaraju, 48, was charged with one depend of homicide and one depend of personally utilizing a lethal weapon, in response to courtroom information obtained by PEOPLE. She faces a most sentence of 26 years to life if convicted on all expenses, per the O.C. District Legal professional.
On Wednesday, March 19, round 9:10 a.m., Saritha referred to as Santa Ana Police Communications and reported that she had stabbed and killed her 11-year-old son, Yatin Ramaraju, in a room on the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Santa Ana, Calif.
Upon authorities’ arrival, the younger boy was discovered together with his throat slit on the lodge room mattress amongst Disneyland souvenirs, per the O.C. District Legal professional. Police additionally discovered a big kitchen knife from the scene, which Saritha had bought the day earlier than.
“It appeared the boy had been useless for a number of hours earlier than his mom referred to as 911,” per the O.C. District Legal professional.
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Saritha was transported to a hospital after she informed authorities on the 911 name that she ingested an unknown substance. The O.C. District Legal professional stories that she apparently taken tablets in an try and kill herself. She was discharged and is now in custody at Santa Ana jail.
She allegedly killed Yatin after they traveled to Disneyland collectively for 3 days. The journey occurred throughout a custody go to. Saritha and the boy’s father divorced in 2018, and after, Saritha moved out of state. She was purported to return Yatin to his father on Wednesday, per the O.C. District Legal professional.
Saritha has no money or bond bail discovered. She stays in custody at Santa Ana jail, and her subsequent courtroom look is on Thursday, April 17.
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“The life of a kid shouldn’t grasp within the steadiness between two mother and father whose anger for one another outweighs their love for his or her baby,” Orange County District Legal professional Todd Spitzer mentioned within the information launch.
“Anger could make you overlook who you like and what you might be answerable for doing. The most secure place for a kid needs to be of their mother and father’ arms. As a substitute of wrapping her arms round her son in love, she slit his throat and within the cruelest coincidence eliminated him from the very world she introduced him into,” Spitzer concluded.
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Detectives are engaged on finding any witnesses. Anybody with data was urged to contact SAPD Murder Part Detectives at (714) 245-8390 or Orange County Crime Stoppers at (855) TIP-OCCS.
