Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic – An event that has deeply shocked the country occurred on the night of Sunday, August 24, in the Ensanche Isabelita neighborhood, where a mother and her three minor children died in circumstances that are being investigated by authorities.

The woman was identified as Pennsylvania Mercedes Jiménez Valdez, 36, who allegedly gave a toxic substance to her children, ages 11, 9, and 7, and then ingested it herself. Continues…