Texas mom accused of stabbing husband, 2 young kids was suffering from postpartum depression: report

A Texas mom accused of stabbing her two young children early Tuesday morning had been suffering from postpartum depression, according to her husband — whom she allegedly also knifed.Holly Leeann Flores, 37, was charged with attempted murder after her husband called 911 around 4:20 a.m.

to report he had been stabbed in the head at their home in the small town of Northlake, located around 30 minutes north of Fort Worth. The Northlake mom is also accused of knifing her 3-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son.Flores’ husband, 34-year-old Justin Hommel, told police she was suffering from postpartum depression at the time of the rampage, according to a newly released arrest affidavit obtained by WFAA.Hommel also reportedly said he planned to sleep on a couch to be closer to his children because he was concerned by her behavior.The 911 call indicated Hommel was trying to get to his children in another room while Flores was allegedly trying to stab him, according to Northlake Police Chief Robert Crawford.Hommel can be heard asking his wife if this is a “postpartum thing” while on the phone to 911 during the alleged attack, the outlet reported.On the night for the alleged rampage, Hommel said he saw Flores take a candle into his kid’s room which he thought was strange — and later woke up around 1 a.m.

to the sound of his wife attempting to use a lighter in the bedroom, the affidavit alleges.Hommel found his wife was lighting a candle inside the room and spotted a kitchen knife on the dresser, the outlet reported, citing police.The kitchen knife “freaked him out” and he attempted to enter the room but Flores closed the door on him and he went back to sleep, according to the affidavit.Hommel told police he later woke up to sounds of his children crying in their bedroom and knocked on the door when Flores began attacking him with the knife, the arrest docs state.He was able to wrestle the knife away from Flores and officers observed bite marks on his arm wh...