Murder of children in Texas, Italy: Shamaiya Hall faces new charges

ELLIS COUNTY, Texas — Two charges have been added to prison records for Shamiyah Hall, a 25-year-old woman charged with killing three children and injuring two others in her home state of Texas, Italy, last week. I was.

Hall is already facing three murder charges in the murder case. She is now facing her two charges of aggravated assault against her family using a weapon, according to Ellis County Jail records.

In addition to the three children who died, Hall is accused of stabbing two other children, according to authorities.

The family has identified the deceased children as 6-year-old Legend Chappell and 5-year-old twins Aaliyah and Iden Martin.

The names of the children injured in the stabbing have not been released, but officials say they are 4 years and 13 months old.

Child Protective Services has confirmed to WFAA that all five children are siblings.

The incident occurred Friday at a home near Stafford Elementary School in Italy, a town of about 2,000 located just off Interstate 35E in Ellis County, south of Dallas.

Hall’s search warrant states that CPS personnel, who Hall suspected of visiting the children without supervision, arrived on the scene to check on her unannounced. It is said that he was stabbed.

The children had previously been placed in the custody of another relative by CPS.

The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that CPS was at a house on the street where the crime took place and immediately called 911 for help.

“We are shocked by this incomprehensible tragedy and are already working with law enforcement to investigate how and why this happened,” a CPS official told WFAA in a statement. rice field.

Hall was arrested and placed in the Wayne McCallum Detention Center in Ellis County. Her new claim set her bond at a total of $10 million. $2 million per murder charge and $2 million per aggravated assault charge.

The search warrant contained multiple pieces of evidence removed from Hall’s home, including a bloody knife blade, a large bloody stainless steel knife, a black knife handle, and a stainless steel knife from the back bedroom. detailed.