Nanny Allegedly Kills Children, then Stabs Self in Front of Mother
Nanny alive on breathing tube
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.
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