Sun Valley Ca

Edith Moreno was only 12 years old, but last week the Sun Valley girl had a serious question for her friend and next-door neighbor Karina Valdez. What happens when we die? Karina and her parents are Jehovah's Witnesses. Taking her Bible, 12-year-old Karina explained that death was like going to sleep and waiting to be resurrected by God. "I didn't really think anything about it because we were teaching her about our other beliefs," said Karina's mother, Irene Bell. "Edith was just a wonderful, happy child.

Police are trying to figure out who killed two sisters, ages 12 and 17, who were found with their throats slashed at a house in Sun Valley. The girls' mother was hospitalized with knife wounds, and the Los Angeles Police Department has described her as a "person of interest" in the slayings. Detectives said the woman, who is in serious condition with wounds to her upper body and wrists, is not a suspect but that they want to question her. She has not been identified. Det. Gus Villanueva said detectives have yet to determine a motive for the slayings and that "the stabbing weapon is in custody."