NYC nanny charged with murder of two young kids, attempted suicide failed.

[Dazzle]

The Associated Press

Published Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 9:31PM EDT

Last Updated Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 11:07PM EDT

NEW YORK -- The nanny who police say stabbed to death two children in her care before trying to kill herself was charged Saturday with murder.

Yoselyn Ortega had recovered from her wounds enough by Saturday to be interviewed by police in her hospital bed at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. 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 say that on the evening of Oct. 25, while the children's mother was out with a third child, Ortega repeatedly stabbed 6-year-old Lucia Krim and her 2-year-old brother, Leo.

When their mother, Marina Krim, returned with her 3-year-old daughter, she found their bodies in the bathtub, with Ortega lying on the bathroom floor with stab wounds to her neck. A kitchen knife was nearby.

The children's father, CNBC digital media executive Kevin Krim, had been away on a business trip when the killings occurred.

The couple's apartment building sits in one of the city's most idyllic neighbourhoods, a block from Central Park, near the Museum of Natural History and blocks from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The neighbourhood is home to many affluent families, and seeing children accompanied by nannies is an everyday part of life there.

Some of Ortega's friends and relatives said she appeared to be struggling emotionally and financially recently, but they still couldn't believe she could have committed such a heinous act.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/nyc-nanny-charged-with-murder-in-stabbing-deaths-of-kids-1.1023681#ixzz2BF8ZcRkl

[Strawberries]

god damn pyscho hope she rots in hell

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Losing young children to anything, but especially to something that is as twisted and evil as this, is something nobody should have to endure.

RIP little angels.

[Jägermeister]

I can understand why people feel the need to kill themselves, but why do some of them feel the need to take innocent lives with them?

[Tystick]

What a pathetic human being.

[Wetcoaster]

One should not expect mentally ill people to be making rational decisions.

[G-52]

people do sick and twisted crap and think its normal when their brain chemistry is messed up. Your brain controls you, when your brain gets all messed it controls you

[Lancaster]

The person tried to commit suicide after murdering the kids, why not help her along?

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The first word on Fox News' headline: Dominican.

Does race matter here?

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The first word on Fox News' headline: Dominican.

Does race matter here?

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Interesting that financial strain is cited as a reason for her going off the deep end.

First, ask for a raise instead of killing the kids?

Second, these aren't great times in the states. Homicide and suicide rates will rise in times of financial hardship. The highest rates were in the great depression. The Batman killer was also under financial strain. While other factors are at play, these are problems that money would likely solve. Sadly, we're seeing a class war and more and more people left behind.

Capitalism has ultimately failed. It has programmed us to spend hundreds to thousands of dollars on needless xmas gluttony and garbage while those left behind are being tranpled on. Too bad we're stuck with it.

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Is Dominican a race?

[Peaches]

right on time...

whenever a sick twisted animal commits a

gruesome act of violence, you can always bet that wetcoaster will be there to defend them.

[Mr. White]

That's just messed up.