Police said they responded to a 911 call at the hotel around 9:15 a.m., made by Saritha Ramaraju, stating that she murdered her son, Yatin Ramaraju.

An 11-year-old child was stabbed to death by his mother at a hotel in Santa Ana on Wednesday, March 19, police said. At around 9 a.m., the boy was stabbed in a room at the La Quinta Inn on Hotel Terrace, said Officer Natalie Garcia, a Santa Ana Police Department spokesperson.

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.