
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 20, 1991                   TAG: 9102200560
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: HAMPTON                                LENGTH: Short

MOTHER IS CHARGED IN DEATHS OF CHILDREN

A week after the funeral of her children, a 29-year-old Hampton woman was charged in their deaths.

Alvina C. Mathis is being held without bail on two charges of murder in the Feb. 7 deaths of her children, 4-year-old Billy Flot and 6-year-old Amber Flot, said Hampton police Capt. R.E. Bingman.

The children were found dead in the master bedroom of the family's home. A charcoal grill was smoldering in the room. Mathis was taken to a hospital and treated.

Bingman said the charges are based on evidence found at the home and on statements Mathis made when police arrived at the home Feb. 7.

- Associated Press

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