What you should know
- The children, a boy and a girl, were asphyxiated, an additional autopsy study showed. They were discovered one December morning in a home on East 175th Street in Morris Heights. Their mother called 911 and said neither of the children were breathing.
- It’s unclear what they were sick with, but they had symptoms including vomiting and green snot, and behavioral problems, such as acting irrationally, according to police.
- The father, who was not home when the children were found, was questioned by police after rushing home from his job as a home health aide in Port Chester.
NEW YORK — The 5-year-old twins who were foaming at the mouth and nose when their mother found them dead inside a Bronx apartment last year died of homicide, not the result of a medical tragedy as investigators previously suspected. , the medical examiner’s office confirmed Thursday.
The children – a boy and a girl – were asphyxiated, an additional autopsy study showed. They were discovered one December morning in a home on East 175th Street in Morris Heights. Their mother called 911 and said neither of the children were breathing.
The children had been sick for several days and were sent home from school the week before they died. They stayed home again on the day of his death. It’s unclear what they were sick with, but they had symptoms including vomiting and green snot, and behavioral problems, such as acting irrationally, according to police.
Investigators had said there was no trauma to the twins’ bodies, no signs of foul play or a history of domestic violence in the home, leading to the initial theory about a medical episode.
The father, who was not home when the children were found, was questioned by police after rushing home from his job as a home health aide in Port Chester. Meanwhile, his mother had been admitted to the hospital for shock and emotional trauma. She reported last seeing them alive several hours earlier.
Prosecutors did not immediately say whether they would take steps to file charges.
2024-03-14 23:54:27
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