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Nanny Allegedly Kills Children, then Stabs Self in Front of Mother

Nanny alive on breathing tube

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The New York City mother who came home to find her two young children allegedly stabbed to death by a trusted nanny, then watched helplessly as the woman knifed herself in the throat and slit her wrists, police said today.

At a press conference today, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the nanny Yoselyn Ortega, 50, remains on a breathing tube after being rushed to a hospital Thursday evening, and has yet to be interviewed by cops or formally charged.