Aug 29, 2008 5:06 am US/Central
Charge Added To Mom Accused Of Stabbing Daughter
ST. PAUL (AP) ―
Prosecutors have added another charge against a Roseville, Minn. mother accused of stabbing her two adopted daughters last week.
Sylvia Sieferman is now charged with one count of first-degree attempted murder in the attack on her daughter, Linnea, last Thursday.
Last week, Ramsey County prosecutors charged her with one count of attempted second-degree murder in the attack on her daughter, Hannah.
Both girls are 11 years old. Sieferman adopted them from China.
The 60-year-old Sieferman also seriously injured herself and remains hospitalized, as are the girls.The 60-year-old Sieferman also seriously injured herself and remains hospitalized, as are the girls.
Friends said Sieferman has had a string of bad luck in recent years, including financial pressures. She was hospitalized in a psychiatric unit about a month ago.
According to the criminal complaint, Sieferman told police she had hoped to kill her daughters quickly so they wouldn't have to endure her "screw-ups" any longer. She said no one believes her or likes her anymore, and that she has no friends and no work colleagues.
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