Police on Saturday were investigating the apparent slayings of two children whose bodies were found inside a Santa Ana hotel room on Saturday, authorities said.
The case was discovered when a woman, apparently the children's mother told officials about the children after she crashed her car in an apparent suicide attempt in nearby Costa Mesa, police said.
The woman's gray Honda Accord had Georgia license plates, officials said. The woman was 42 years old and her most recent address was in San Jose, police said.
Police in Costa Mesa responded to an Albertsons market parking lot after 8 a.m., where a woman had apparently tried to kill herself in a crash, said Costa Mesa police Sgt. Tim Starn.
"As she was getting processed to the hospital, she made some statements that indicated a crime might have occurred (in Santa Ana)," Starn said told City News Service.
Costa Mesa police notified Santa Ana officers about 8:20 a.m to check on the welfare of two children at the hotel, Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said.
Officers found the bodies in the bath tub of a third-floor room after 9 a.m. at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Santa Ana and opened a homicide investigation into the case, officials said.
Police wouldn't disclose how the children died until a coroner's investigation is complete.
Officials would not disclose the gender or age of the children nor the relationship between them and the woman.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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