Pianist's 2 girls slain, wife faces mental exam
BENBROOK, Texas (AP) - The Latest on the slaying of two daughters of concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko:
Police say an award-winning concert pianist arrived at his estranged wife's home to pick up their two daughters and found the girls slain in their beds.
Benbrook police Cmdr. David Babcock said Friday that Vadym Kholodenko is not a suspect and that his spouse, who's being treated for multiple stab wounds, faces a mental health evaluation.
Court records show the couple married in 2010 and filed for divorce in November.
Kholodenko stopped Thursday morning to pick up 5-year-old Nika and 1-year-old Michela. Babcock says he found his wife, Sofya Tsygankova, in an "extreme state of distress" and discovered the dead girls. Kholodenko called 911.
Police declined to say how Tsygankova sustained the knife wounds, which are not believed to be life-threatening. Officers are not searching for a suspect in the wounding or the two deaths.
. There were no signs of forced entry.
The Ukranian-born Kholodenko won the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth.