Story highlights Christina Booth is charged with attempted murder after admitting slashing her three young children, police say

She's being treated for postpartum depression and says she slashed the children to silence them for her husband, authorities say

The children are stable after surgery; Booth is being held on $3 million bail, station reports

(CNN) A young mother in Washington state has been charged with attempted murder after authorities say she cut her children's throats in an attempt to keep them quiet.

Over the weekend, Christina Booth called 911 to report that her three children were crying nonstop and "needed medical attention," according to a recent probable cause filing.

The 28-year-old and her husband, Thomas Booth, have three children, a 2-year-old and 6-month-old twins.

When officers arrived at the Olympia, Washington, home Saturday night, they found a troubling scene. As spelled out by a local prosecutor, police saw the twins on the couch crying "uncontrollably" and "bleeding from their necks."

One officer then went upstairs and found the couple's 2-year-old in bed, under the covers with "dry blood all over her."

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