NEW YORK — A mother has been arrested in connection with the deaths of her 5-year-old twin sons who were found dead inside their Bronx home in December, just days after the children were sent home from school for being sick. .
Gloria Asamoah was arrested Thursday, according to the Bronx district attorney’s office, on six counts of murder and manslaughter. Asamoah, 42, will be arraigned on Friday.
The two children, a boy, George Kantanka, and a girl, Gianna Kantanka, were discovered around 11 a.m. Dec. 18 at a home on East 175th Street between Monroe and Topping avenues in the Morris Heights neighborhood, officials said. of the FDNY and the NYPD.
First responders rushed to the residence when the twins’ mother called 911 after finding them unconscious, NYPD Deputy Chief Ben Gurley previously said. The twins were pronounced dead at the scene.
It is still unclear what happened to the children, but investigators said the children had been sick for several days and had been sent home from school the week before they were found dead. The couple stayed home from school the day they were found dead.
It was unclear what they were sick from and the extent of their symptoms.
The NYPD previously said there were no signs of foul play or apparent injuries on the children’s bodies. There was no history of domestic violence by anyone in the home. FDNY members also tested the air and found no signs of carbon monoxide.
The father, who was not home when the children were found, was questioned by police after rushing home from work that day. His mother had been hospitalized for shock and emotional trauma.
Information from Asamoah’s attorney was not immediately clear.
2024-04-12 04:52:39
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