A 48-year-old Irvine woman accused of stabbing her 11-year-old son to death at a Santa Ana hotel Wednesday had been living off and on there with the boy for several weeks, police said. The boy’s body was discovered inside one of the hotel rooms at the La Quinta Inn on 2721 Hotel Terrace when police

An 11-year-old boy with stab wounds was found dead Wednesday in a Santa Ana hotel room, police said. Officers found the child at the La Quinta Inn after responding at about 9:25 a.m. to a call from a woman who told police she killed her son, authorities said.

A mother has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing her 11-year-old son in a hotel room in Santa Ana, Calif.