Meet the Woman Who Poisoned Her Kids to Keep Them From Ex Husband

According to CBS News, a 42-year-old woman Marilyn Edge is a mother of two who poisoned her 9-year-old daughter Faith, and her 12-year-old son Jaelen on Sunday because she had lost custody of them last week and was supposed to hand the children over to their father, Mark Edge. Their divorce and custody battle had been contentious, and in the end, Edge decided that she would rather not have her children at all than to let their father take care of them.

Since then, Edge has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder. Now according to KTLA, she has asked the presiding judge to give her the death penalty. At a hearing earlier this week, Edge reportedly repeatedly asked the judge to give her the death penalty after being asked about setting an arraignment date. Her response to such questions was, “Only if you promise me the death penalty.”