Deaths of Lucia and Leo Krim

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321 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10023, USA

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Lucia and Leo Krim were killed in the late afternoon of October 25, 2012, at the La Rochelle apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The children's nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, is accused of stabbing the children to death while their mother Marina Krim and three-year-old sister Nessie were a few blocks away at a swimming lesson. Upon returning home, their mother and sister found Lucia and Leo dead in a bathtub at the family apartment. Ortega then began stabbing herself repeatedly in the neck and throat.
On February 22, 2018, 12 jurors were chosen for Ortega's trial, and opening statements were scheduled for March 1 in Manhattan Supreme Court. On April 18, 2018, Ortega was found guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree murder. Ortega will be sentenced May 14, 2018 and faces the possibility of life in prison.

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