A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the “ritual” murder of her two young sons.

A Massachusetts woman was convicted of fatally stabbing her two young sons in what authorities called a “ritual” murder and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.

Latasha L. Saunders, 48, was sentenced in Plymouth Superior Court the day after she was executed. convicted By a jury in two counts of first-degree murder in the February 2018 deaths of Edson Brito, 8, and La’son Brito, 5.The jury deliberated for about four hours, CBS Boston report.

After the hearing, Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz said: “I hope this does some form of justice for the boy’s father and his family.

The defense argued that Sanders was mentally incompetent at the time of the killing.

Defense attorney Elliott Levine told the court, “The family recognized from day one that she was insane when she killed her two children, so they treated Miss Sanders completely and completely. has supported the

Police responding to a 911 call at the family’s Brockton home on February 5, 2018 found Sanders distraught and struggling outside, prosecutors said.

The boys were found in the family’s third-floor apartment wrapped in bedding. They each had been stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife and were later found in the sink.

“Sanders cleaned up the children, put them to bed, and cleaned up the crime scene,” prosecutors said in a news release. “Sanders never sought medical care for the boys.”

According to the police report, Sanders told investigators that the murder was related to “voodoo stuff”. money is the motive I planned to launch an online fundraiser for her family.

The boys’ father agrees with the verdict. According to prosecutors.

“The pain of fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and grandmothers falls on their hearts and it is a life sentence for them,” Judge Hong said. William Sullivan.