Superkat
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Irving mom told 911 operator that slain kids were autistic: 'I want normal kids'
This is sooooo sad. 
Irving mom told 911 operator that slain kids were autistic: 'I want normal kids'
An Irving mother accused of strangling her two children with an antenna wire told a 911 operator that she killed them because they were "not normal."
"Both are autistic," she said. "I don’t want my kids to be like that. I want normal kids."
Saiqa Akhter, 30, was arraigned this morning on a single charge of capital murder in the death of her 5-year-old son Zain, who died Monday. Family members have said the boy was autistic and had a speech impediment.
Akhter faces a second arraignment this afternoon in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Faryaal, who died Tuesday evening a day after she was placed on life support.
Akhter called 911 about 5 p.m. Monday from the family's apartment in the 3300 block of Esters Road.
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In the 911 tape, released today, Akhter admits to wrapping a wire around the children's necks until they turned blue. Before that, she said she tried to make them drink bathroom cleaner.
"I put in their mouth, but they don't drink it," she said.
While still on the phone with the 911 operator, she washed her hands to get rid of the smell of the household cleaner.
Police found the children lying on a bed in the family's second-floor apartment along with an antenna wire they believe was used to kill the children, according to a probable-cause affidavit. Also listed among the items removed from the home were a pillow, a section of mattress and a bottle of household cleaner.
Akhter's uncle said his niece had been depressed since moving into the new apartment and reported "strange things" inside the family's home.
"It looks like she had mental problems," said Wasimul Haque, who did not elaborate on what Saiqa Akhter said she had seen. "I don't understand why she did it."
Zain, the 5-year-old, had autism and suffered from a severe speech impediment but had been improving, the uncle said. He said the boy had been in speech therapy.
Faryaal also had health problems and was rushed to the emergency room last year with a respiratory issue. A stethoscope was also taken from the home.
The children's father, Rashid Akhter, emigrated from Pakistan in the late 1990s. He married Saiqa several years later, and she then moved here. He works as a computer technician.
"He did whatever he can do with his wife to keep her happy all the time," Haque said.
The family was the subject of a Child Protective Services investigation last year after Zain was left alone at home while his parents rushed his sister to a hospital to be treated for breathing problems.
An agency spokeswoman said there were no signs of neglect or abuse
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astroqueen74
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Karina
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Re: Irving mom told 911 operator that slain kids were autistic: 'I want normal kids'
 I have no words for that woman's action! If the family noticed or knew she was depressed that should have been a red flag!! but it is too late. I guess the family wasn't educated enough to seek out help for her. Who knows whatelse those kids experienced before this??
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