2nd charge against mom in stabbing of daughters

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) Prosecutors have added another charge against a Roseville mother accused of stabbing her two adopted daughters last week.

Sylvia Sieferman is now charged with one count of first-degree attempted murder in the attack on her daughter, Linnea, last Thursday.

Last week, Ramsey County prosecutors charged her with one count of attempted second-degree murder in the attack on her daughter, Hannah.

Both girls are 11 years old. Sieferman adopted them from China.

The 60-year-old Sieferman also seriously injured herself and remains hospitalized, as are the girls.

Friends say Sieferman has had a string of bad luck in recent years, including financial pressures. She was hospitalized in a psychiatric unit about a month ago.

According to the criminal complaint, Sieferman told police she had hoped to kill her daughters quickly so they wouldn't have to endure her "screw-ups" any longer. She said no one believes her or likes her anymore, and that she has no friends and no work colleagues.

Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press, http://www.twincities.com (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 08-29-08 0405CDT