Mother Who Threw 2 Children Onto LA Freeway, Killing Her Infant, Appeared Agitated by Impending Eclipse

Mother Who Threw 2 Children Onto LA Freeway, Killing Her Infant, Appeared Agitated by Impending Eclipse
The exterior of the Montecito Apartments complex in Los Angeles on April 10, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES—A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed her partner at their Los Angeles apartment Monday then threw her two children from a moving SUV onto the freeway, killing her infant daughter, was an astrologer who called the impending solar eclipse “the epitome of spiritual warfare” in an online post days earlier.

Los Angeles police believe Danielle Cherakiyah Johnson, 34, posted on X as an astrology influencer and recording artist with the moniker “ Ayoka,” in the days leading up to the violence, which began hours before the eclipse peaked in Southern California, said Lt. Guy Golan.