A woman, who police say have Cobb County connections, has been arrested and charged with murder of her two children. 
 
 A woman, who police said has Cobb County connections, has been arrested and charged in the murder of her two children. 
 
 The children's mother, Marilyn Edge, 42, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was arrested Saturday and booked on suspicion of murder in the deaths, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said Saturday. 
 
 Police said Edge's kids, ages 10 and 13, were found at a hotel room in Santa Ana, Calif. near Disneyland. 
 
 "We went to the room. Our officers entered the room and located the two deceased kids," said Bertangna. 
 
 Police said it's unclear why the mother and kids were in Santa Ana. Relatives said Edge had recently lost custody of the children. Police believe the children had been living with their father in Cobb County. 
 
 Autopsy results released on Monday, show that the children were poisoned. 
 
 Edge has been in jail on suicide watch since police said she tried to kill herself Saturday, Police said. It was comments Edge made to paramedics, police say, that led them to the hotel room in California. 
 
 Meanwhile, guests staying at the southern California hotel, said they were shocked to learn about the deaths. 
 
 "My goodness, if there's two children involved that's just horrendous to say the least," said Mike Ramey. "As a parent, it's just a heartbreaker." 
 
 
 
 Further information, including the names of the children, the motive and the cause of death, has not been released. 
 
 
 
 Edge is expected in court Tuesday for an arraignment hearing. 

 The Republic | azcentral.com Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:49 PM 
 
 A Scottsdale mother tried to kill herself in a propane-tank explosion and by self-strangulation Saturday, and was booked on two counts of murder after her children were found dead in a California hotel room, authorities said. 
 
 Marilyn Edge, 42, is accused of murdering her 13-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter in a third-floor Hampton Inn Suites hotel room in Santa Ana, police said Sunday. 
 
 Edge’s husband, who is father of the children, lives in Georgia, said Santa Ana Police Corporal Anthony Bertagna. She moved from Georgia to Scottsdale this year without her husband, he said. Her car has Georgia license plates. 
 
 It is unclear why she was in Orange County, Bertagna said. It was also unclear where in Scottsdale Edge resided or whether she worked in the area. 
 
 Santa Ana police arrested Edge after two bizarre botched suicide attempts, he said. 
 
 With a propane tank in the front seat, she crashed a speeding car into an electrical box in a shopping mall parking lot, police said. 
 
 “I’m assuming she thought if she ran into an electric box and sparked it, it would create an explosion,” Bertagna said. 
 
 Police from Costa Mesa, Calif., who responded to the crash, asked Edge to leave the car, Bertagna said. But instead she began choking herself with an electric cord, Bertagna said. 
 
 “They smashed the vehicle window and extricated her,” Bertagna said. 
 
 Edge told police about the murdered children, Bertagna said, and Santa Ana police found the bodies of Edge’s son and daughter. 
 
 Autopsies are scheduled for Monday that will determine how they were killed. 
 
 “There were no gunshot wounds and there were no stab wounds,” Bertagna said. 
 
 Police are continuing to investigate the case. The next of kin of the children have been notified, Bertagna said.
– An Arizona woman reportedly tried to kill herself Saturday in Santa Ana, California, in what the Arizona Republic describes as two "bizarre botched attempts." Police say Marilyn Edge slammed her car into an electrical box in a shopping mall parking lot; there was a propane tank in her front seat. The car didn't explode, and when police arrived on the scene and asked her to exit the vehicle, she tried to strangle herself with an electrical cord. Responders broke the window and removed her—and then Edge told paramedics about her dead kids. The 42-year-old's 10-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son were found dead in a hotel room near Disneyland, reports WSBTV. It's not yet known how they died, but a police rep says neither gunshot nor stab wounds were found. It's also not yet known why Edge was in California. The Republic reports she moved from Georgia to Scottsdale without her husband this year; WSBTV talked to relatives who said the children's father had custody. She has been arrested and booked on suspicion of murder in the deaths. (Another tragic crime story from the weekend: An unarmed man was killed as he sought help after a car wreck.)