Woman known as the English La Llorona killed her twin babies, blames husband

• Samantha Ford murdered her twin babies in 2019.
• She drowned them in a bathtub.
• She is known as the English La Llorona or Weeping Woman.

One thinks that twisted crimes are only the stuff of movies, however there are many instances of killers who are similar to those seen on screen. One of the most notorious cases is that of the well-known English La Llorona. Samantha Ford committed the most unthinkable crime.

The incident occurred in the United Kingdom, when 38-year-old Samantha Ford killed her twin babies due to severe depression after separating from her husband and losing her comfortable lifestyle in Qatar, according to The Sun.

English La Llorona kills her twin babies

The children were two-year-old twins, named Jake and Chloe. Ford drowned them in her bathtub. After committing this terrible act, Ford blamed their heartbroken father in a disgusting letter written to her mother-in-law from a psychiatric unit.

The woman was known as the English La Llorona because, after killing her children, she crashed her car at high speed. When the authorities arrived at the scene, they found her hysterical and crying that she was a bad mother because she had killed her children.

Samantha Ford blames her husband

Samantha Ford’s life had spiraled into despair after separating from her husband Steve, 36, and returning to the UK from Qatar. The murder was committed to get back at her husband Steve when she ended up in a less than luxurious setting in Margate, Kent.

Now, the grieving father has revealed that his twisted ex wrote a letter to his mother blaming him for the death of his children in December of 2018. “I am talking to the police and the unit to see if we can prevent this from happening again. My mother is absolutely distraught over this. It made her sick. She has been crying all day.” Filed Under: English weeper kills children

Homicide charges

Steve, Ford’s ex-husband, spoke about the letter that «La Llorona» wrote when she was captured: «The letter is her blaming me for the death of my children. Blaming my mom for not supporting her and she calls me a psycho and says my behavior is disgusting.»

After being detained by authorities, Ford admitted two counts of manslaughter by diminished responsibility and was locked up for 10 years. She is currently serving her sentence in a psychiatric unit until she is transferred to a prison. Filed Under: English weeper kills children

“Just let me die. I killed my babies.”

After Ford committed the terrible crime, she drove into the back of a truck without wearing a seat belt. A “hysterical” Ford told police: “Just let me die. I killed my babies. I had a breakdown. I would never hurt them…they are my miracle babies. Everything is a dream.»

Judge Andrew Edis QC said: “You knew it would devastate him and I’m sure that’s one of the reasons you did it. You had the children killed within half an hour of their return to you from their grandparents. You killed them, clothed them, dried them, and put them back in their beds, their bodies facing the wall. You wrote the note and left quickly,» the judge told her. Filed Under: English weeper kills children