Details emerge in mother’s alleged killing of 11-year-old son in Santa Ana hotel room

A 48-year-old Irvine woman accused of stabbing her 11-year-old son to death at a Santa Ana hotel Wednesday had been living off and on there with the boy for several weeks, police said.

The boy’s body was discovered inside one of the hotel rooms at the La Quinta Inn on 2721 Hotel Terrace when police responded to a 911 call made by the mother around 9:30 a.m.

“During the 911 call, it’s believed that the mother stated that she had killed her son and that she had ingested some sort of substance,” Santa Ana Police Department Officer Natalie Garcia said…

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