Police: Connecticut Mother In Danbury Strangled Her Three Children To Death Before Killing Herself

Police: Connecticut Mother In Danbury Strangled Her Three Children To Death Before Killing Herself

Updated on July 30, 2022 14:18 PM by Anthony Christian

Danbury Connecticut Mother Three Children Killed

A mother in Danbury, Connecticut, allegedly killed her three children by strangulation before taking her own life.

On Thursday, the Danbury Police Department identified Sonia Loja and her three kids, 12-year-old Junior Panjon, 10-year-old Joselyn Panjon, and 5-year-old Jonael Panjon, each of whom they found dead on Wednesday evening, authorities said in a statement shared to Facebook.

Police responded to the family's home around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a 911 call from someone who sounded distraught and was crying and requested a wellness check at the residence. Danbury Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour told them CBS New York.

The Deceased Juveniles

When officers arrived, they found three deceased juveniles inside the home and a deceased female in the residence's backyard, Ridenhour said.

Loja, 36, and her kids lived with two other adults who were not home when police discovered the bodies, police said in a statement Thursday. According to CBS New York, neighbors identified the other two adults as the children's father and uncle.

Every day those kids were outside, but she was always with them, neighbor Erna Grenier told the outlet. It's unbelievable. They were happy, those kids. If anybody were walking by, they would say hi.

Never heard yelling or anything over there, Grenier continued. It's sad. Why do people have to involve kids?

A genuinely horrible event occurred in our city yesterday, and we mourn the tragic loss of life, Danbury Mayor Dean Esposito said in a statement on Twitter Thursday.

Mental Health And Counseling Services

Esposito said in the statement that the city and its public school system would collaborate to provide mental health and counseling services in the wake of the tragedy.

A memorial created outside the home where Loja and her children lived "grows every hour," News 12 Connecticut reporter Shosh Bedrosian wrote on Twitter Thursday.

Esposito wrote in a follow-up post that our community grieves for the innocent lives taken from us. We will get through this together.

Autopsies were scheduled for Loja and her children Thursday morning at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington, Connecticut, according to Danbury police, but no results have been announced yet.

Danbury police said Thursday that they were not looking for any suspects and did not believe the larger community was in danger.

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