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| Theresa Riggi found dead in secure hospital | Theresa Riggi found dead in secure hospital |
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| An American woman who killed her three children in Edinburgh has been found dead in a secure hospital in Nottinghamshire. | An American woman who killed her three children in Edinburgh has been found dead in a secure hospital in Nottinghamshire. |
| Theresa Riggi, 50, was sentenced to 16 years in jail after the deaths of her children in August 2010. | Theresa Riggi, 50, was sentenced to 16 years in jail after the deaths of her children in August 2010. |
| She had pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | She had pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| The BBC has been told that she was found dead at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire. | The BBC has been told that she was found dead at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire. |
| Nottinghamshire Police said officers were called to the hospital at about 02:00 following the death of a woman. | Nottinghamshire Police said officers were called to the hospital at about 02:00 following the death of a woman. |
| A spokesman said the death was "unexplained but non-suspicious". A file was being prepared for the coroner. | A spokesman said the death was "unexplained but non-suspicious". A file was being prepared for the coroner. |
| Riggi, originally from California, United States, killed her three children, eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke, and their sister Cecilia, five, stabbing each of them eight times. | Riggi, originally from California, United States, killed her three children, eight-year-old twins Austin and Luke, and their sister Cecilia, five, stabbing each of them eight times. |
| She then tried to cover up their deaths with a gas explosion, before trying to kill herself by leaping out of their second-floor flat. | She then tried to cover up their deaths with a gas explosion, before trying to kill herself by leaping out of their second-floor flat. |
| She had moved to Edinburgh with her children from Skene, Aberdeenshire, following the break-up of her marriage to the children's father. | She had moved to Edinburgh with her children from Skene, Aberdeenshire, following the break-up of her marriage to the children's father. |
| Judge Lord Bracadale described the killings as "truly disturbing" and "grotesque". | |
| Riggi was initially charged with murder but admitted three counts of the lesser charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Riggi was initially charged with murder but admitted three counts of the lesser charge of culpable homicide on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
| A court heard that a report into her mental state identified narcissistic, paranoid and hysterical personality disorders. | A court heard that a report into her mental state identified narcissistic, paranoid and hysterical personality disorders. |
| She was moved to a secure hospital from the all-female Cornton Vale Prison, near Stirling, after reports that she had been attacked in the jail. |