Frightened by the solar eclipse, an astrologer stabs her husband to death and throws her two daughters from the car

Eclipses have long been associated with strange end-times prophecies, which scientists say have no basis. Unsplash illustration – Tyler van der Hoeven

Obsessed by the eclipse that occurred this Monday, April 8 above the United States, an American astrologer stabbed her partner to death and threw her two daughters from her moving car onto the ;rsquo;highway, a few hours before the celestial phenomenon, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Found dead shortly after in her vehicle, Danielle Johnson presented herself as a "divine healer" and offered online "aura purifications", as well as readings of the signs of the zodiac. On social media, she called herself Ayoka.

Last week, this influencer posted a message on " and ensuring that everyone had to "choose a side". "The apocalypse is here", she assured in another publication.

The 8-month-old baby who died

Monday morning, a few hours before the eclipse, she killed her partner, a 29-year-old ex-soldier, using a knife, by stabbing him in the heart, according to the Los Angeles Times.

She left bloody footprints in their Los Angeles apartment, before fleeing in her Porsche Cayenne with her two daughters, according to the first elements of the investigation reported by the daily. Speeding down a city highway, she pushed her children out of the car.

The eldest, aged nine, survived. But his little sister, an eight-month-old infant, was found dead.

Police later found the vehicle, which crashed at 160km/h into a tree along a coastal road. Ms. Johnson's body was severely mutilated and was difficult to identify, according to the newspaper.

A partial eclipse in Los Angeles

Eclipses have long been associated with strange end-times prophecies, which scientists say have no basis.

Millions of people admired a rare total eclipse on Monday, which crossed North America, and revealed a black sun, obstructed by the moon. The phenomenon was visible from the Pacific coast of Mexico to eastern Canada, including Texas, Arkansas, Niagara Falls and New England.

This phenomenon was not observable from Los Angeles, which had to make do with a partial eclipse.