Houston mother charged in deaths of son, 7, and daughter, 5

HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities say a Houston mother who matter-of-factly told an acquaintance that she had drowned her two children in a bathtub has been charged in their deaths.

Houston police spokesman Kese Smith told The Associated Press that 30-year-old Sheborah Thomas was charged Sunday with capital murder.

Smith says “all indications are she is the one who acted alone” in the killing of her 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter, whose bodies were found under a neighbor’s house Sunday.

She says the mother told an acquaintance that she had killed the children.

Smith says Thomas was so matter-of-fact about it that he thought she was joking.

Smith says investigators are interviewing the mother and have not determined a motive.