--- description: The children were in serious condition early Saturday but are now in stable condition title: Utah Mother Stabs Her Two Children, Police Say image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Utah Mother Allegedly Stabbed Her 2 Kids by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2014 5:51 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2014 5:51 PM CUT A mother in Utah was arrested Saturday morning after she allegedly [stabbed her two young children](http://fox13now.com/2014/09/13/wvc-mom-stabs-her-2-children-multiple-times-police-say/ "undefined"). Police received a call at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday from a home in Utah’s West Valley City and booked the mother on charges of three counts of domestic violence and aggravated assault, Fox 13 Now reports. The woman’s daughter, 12, and son, 8, were transported to a local hospital in serious condition but were stable as of 9:30 a.m. local time. The children’s father stopped the attack from continuing after his teenage daughter saw the stabbings occur, police said. Police didn’t know of any significant history of domestic abuse at the home. The mother is being interviewed about the incident. \[[_Fox 13 Now_](http://fox13now.com/2014/09/13/wvc-mom-stabs-her-2-children-multiple-times-police-say/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3362449/utah-mother-stabs-her-two-children-police-say/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3362449/utah-mother-stabs-her-two-children-police-say/"},"headline":"Utah Mother Allegedly Stabbed Her 2 Kids","datePublished":"2014-09-13T17:51:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:10:12.476Z","description":"The children, ages 12 and 8, are now in stable condition","url":"https://time.com/3362449/utah-mother-stabs-her-two-children-police-say/","keywords":["Crime","Utah","stabbing"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3362449/utah-mother-stabs-her-two-children-police-say/","name":"Utah Mother Allegedly Stabbed Her 2 Kids"}}]}] ```