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Nanny charged with double child murder | Nanny charged with double child murder |
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The nanny to a New York family who is accused of stabbing to death two children in her care has been charged with murder. | The nanny to a New York family who is accused of stabbing to death two children in her care has been charged with murder. |
Yoselyn Ortega had recovered enough from her own self-inflicted wounds by Saturday to be interviewed in her hospital bed at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell medical centre, police said. After the interview she was formally charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder. | Yoselyn Ortega had recovered enough from her own self-inflicted wounds by Saturday to be interviewed in her hospital bed at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell medical centre, police said. After the interview she was formally charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree murder. |
Police didn't know if Ortega had a lawyer. | Police didn't know if Ortega had a lawyer. |
Police say that on the evening of 25 October while the children's mother was out with a third child, Ortega repeatedly stabbed six-year-old Lucia Krim and her two-year-old brother, Leo. | Police say that on the evening of 25 October while the children's mother was out with a third child, Ortega repeatedly stabbed six-year-old Lucia Krim and her two-year-old brother, Leo. |
When their mother, Marina, returned with her three-year-old daughter she found their bodies in the bathtub and Ortega lying on the bathroom floor with stab wounds to her neck. A kitchen knife was nearby. | When their mother, Marina, returned with her three-year-old daughter she found their bodies in the bathtub and Ortega lying on the bathroom floor with stab wounds to her neck. A kitchen knife was nearby. |
The children's father, Kevin, a CNBC executive, had been away on a business trip when the killings occurred. | The children's father, Kevin, a CNBC executive, had been away on a business trip when the killings occurred. |
The couple's apartment building is in an affluent neighbourhood a block from Central Park, near the Museum of Natural History and blocks from Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts. | The couple's apartment building is in an affluent neighbourhood a block from Central Park, near the Museum of Natural History and blocks from Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts. |
Some of Ortega's friends and relatives said she appeared to have been struggling emotionally and financially but they could not believe what had happened. | Some of Ortega's friends and relatives said she appeared to have been struggling emotionally and financially but they could not believe what had happened. |
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