<p>TEMPE, Ariz. — A woman threatened to stab her husband over an argument about money to move to Japan before she allegedly killed their two children with a meat cleaver in a suburban Phoenix apartment, police said Sunday.</p>
<p>Yui Inoue, 40, remained jailed on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder, according to Tempe police.</p>
<p>It was unclear Sunday if Inoue had a lawyer yet who could speak on her behalf. Police said the woman primarily speaks Japanese and had an interpreter for their interviews.</p>
<p>Inoue drove to a police station about 7 a.m. Saturday and told officers she was hearing voices telling her to kill her children, authorities said.</p>
<p>Police said a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, whose names weren’t immediately released, were found dead in the apartment.</p>
<p>The two bodies were under a blanket and boxes and “there were significant injuries to their bodies including numerous lacerations, incised wounds and some amputations, consistent with a violent attack and defensive wounds,” said Sgt. Steven Carbajal, a Tempe police spokesman. </p>
<p>He said Inoue had blood and lacerations on her body when she was detained and there were blood stains in her vehicle.</p>
<p>A meat cleaver with a 6-inch (15-centimeter) blade was found inside a bag with blood-stained clothing in her vehicle, according to Carbajal.</p>
<p>“There were several pieces of information/evidence that led detectives to believe that the cleaver was the weapon used during this incident,” Carbajal said.</p>
<p>Police said Inoue told them she woke up around 4:30 a.m. Saturday with blood on her hands and arms and the two children were dead and bloody near the doorway of the bedroom. </p>
<p>Inoue didn’t believe she had killed the children, but said she couldn’t remember and “woke up” to the situation after taking a bath.</p>
<p>Police said they had been called to the same apartment earlier Saturday morning because of a domestic dispute involving a husband and wife.</p>
<p>Police said Inoue’s husband confirmed he had left the apartment around 12:30 a.m. Saturday after arguing with her over money.</p>
<p>He said the children were asleep at the time of the argument and he didn’t have concerns about Inoue harming them.</p>
<p>Police also said there was no apparent reason at the time to call child welfare authorities.</p>
<p>The man told police he slept until morning in his vehicle in the parking lot of a bank where he works.</p>
<p>Carbajal said the officers who discovered the bodies were not the same ones who were at the apartment on the earlier domestic dispute call.</p>
<p>The officers who found the dead children were receiving counseling.</p>
