What to Know
- Police say they saw her running down the street partially clothed with blood splatter on parts of her body, but no injuries.
- Her son was discovered slain in the apartment.
- She was later arrested.
A Covina woman was charged Wednesday with murdering her 2-year-old son.
Xa Dinh Ngo, also known as Michelle Ngo, allegedly stabbed her son multiple times last Friday, according to police and prosecutors.
A Covina police sergeant spotted the 39-year-old woman running partially clothed in the middle of the street at 300 N. Second Ave. shortly before 3:30 a.m. with what appeared to be blood spatter on parts of her body but without any visible injuries, according to a statement released by police.
She allegedly made statements that led officers to believe that there might be a potential victim, and investigators determined that she lived at a townhouse in the 100 block of East Italia Street, where they discovered a small fire and found the body of the toddler, identified by the coroner's office as Alvis Puentes.
Ngo was arrested Monday and jailed on suspicion of murder after being taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, according to Covina police.
Ngo, who is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in a Pomona courtroom, could face up to 26 years to life in state prison if convicted of the murder charge, which includes an allegation that she personally used a knife during the commission of the crime.
