ST. CHARLES, Mo. – A St. Charles woman is in custody for fatally shooting and stabbing her teenage son while he slept in bed.

According to Lt. Daniel Gibbons, a St. Charles Police Department spokesman, the killing happened sometime over the weekend at a home min the 3200 block of Lightfoot Drive.

Police received requests for welfare checks for a 16-year-old who lived in the residence.

Just before 11 a.m. Monday, police went to the home and found the teenager dead.

Investigators learned the teen’s mother, identified as Krista Roy, 47, had attempted to take her own life earlier in the day and was at the hospital.

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Police said detectives went to the hospital and detained Roy after she was released. Roy admitted admitted k

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