( CNN ) -- Police charged a mother with murder after the bodies of her two children were found inside a Southern California hotel . Officers were led to the bodies at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Santa Ana after Marilyn Edge , 42 , apparently tried to commit suicide Saturday night by crashing her car at a Home Depot parking lot in a nearby town , authorities said . When police arrived at the parking lot in Costa Mesa , they found the woman with a cord around her neck . She was trying to strangle herself with it , said police Sgt . Tim Starn . Edge also had a tank of propane gas inside the Honda Accord , and made comments indicating she hoped the car would ignite , police said . Suspect detained in rural Tennessee slayings of 4 . When the woman was removed from the car after struggling with paramedics , she made a reference to an incident at the Santa Ana Hampton Inn , said Cpl . Anthony Bertagna . Officers doing a safety check at the hotel found the bodies of the children , a 13-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl . The third-floor room was registered to the woman , authorities said . It was not clear how long the children had been there , Bertagna said , or how they died . Her last known address was listed in Scottsdale , Arizona , though the car she was driving had Georgia license plates . Authorities did not know what she was doing in California . `` It 's upsetting to say the least . My goodness , if there 's two children involved , that 's just horrendous to say the least , '' Mike Ramey , who was staying at the hotel , told CNN affiliate KABC . `` It 's just a heartbreaker . As a parent , it 's just a heartbreaker . It 's unbelievable . ''
1992 : Police identify the victim as Susan Edge , 42 , of Scottsdale , Arizona . She is charged with two counts of murder after her children are found dead . The bodies were found after the apparently suicidal Edge crashed her car .