Three teenage sisters have been accused of orchestrating a violent plot to kill their mother with kitchen knives because she turned off the Wi-Fi in the their Texas home, local authorities said.
The girls, ages 14, 15 and 16, were arrested in connection with the “coordinated” effort to stab their mother over the weekend, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a post on X. They’re each facing an assault with a deadly weapons charge and were booked into the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Gonzalez added.
The incident occurred overnight Sunday in a southwest Houston neighborhood, on the 3400 block of Barkers Crossing Avenue. Gonzalez confirmed on Monday that the violence came after the victim — identified only as the suspects’ 36-year-old mother — cut off internet access to their home, seemingly sending her three daughters into a rage.
“Because the mother turned-off the wi-fi, all three grabbed kitchen knives and chased her throughout the house and into the street, attempting to stab her,” Gonzalez said.
One of the girls is also accused of hurling a brick at the fleeing victim while the suspects’ 70-year-old grandmother — who was also home at the time — “was knocked over while trying to protect the mother,” according to Gonzalez. Neither of the women were left seriously injured, despite the vicious attack. Their names have not been released.
All three girls were arrested on the scene. They have not been identified.
