Nanny from Manhattan accused of killing two children

In the Supreme Court of New York began a two-week hearing of the nanny, which killed the children who trusted her.

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Yoselyn Ortega is accused of stabbing Lucy, 2012, and Leo, 6, to death in Manhattan in October 2, children for whom she was a nanny and family member.

Since then, more than five years have passed. All this time, the defendant’s lawyer, Valerie Van Leyer-Greenberg, tried to prove to the court that her client could not be brought to trial because of mental problems. Several hearings took place on this issue, and as a result Judge Gerogori Carro ruled that Ortega could be brought to justice.

According to prosecutors, testimony in court is ready to hear 12 jury and 6 deputies. The process is expected to last 15 weeks.

Ortega is accused of two murders of the first degree and two murders of the second degree. If found guilty, she faces life imprisonment.

What happened

On an ordinary autumn day at the end of October, Marina Krim, mother of Lucy and Leo, left her two children, Ortega, to take 3-year-old daughter Nessi to a swimming lesson, police said.

Krim planned to meet Ortega, which her children affectionately called Josie, in a dance class where Lucy went to 17: 30. When the nurse did not arrive with the children on time, Krim began to worry and decided to return to the children’s house.

When she arrived, she discovered that there was no light in the house. She returned to the lobby and asked the doorman if he had seen her children leave and received a negative response.

“She started looking for her children and in the bathroom she found her 6-year-old daughter and son stabbed to death,” said former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

Crim and her daughter Nessi saw Ortega sitting next to the bathroom on the floor, trying to commit suicide, slaughter and herself.

The father of the children and the husband of Marina Kevin Cream were returning home from a business trip when he was met by police at John F. Kennedy International Airport to report tragic news.

Nanny was considered part of the family

Marina Krim led an online blog in which she shared photos of her children and told about her experience in raising children. She treated the nurse as a member of the family.

A native of the Dominican Republic, Ortega is a naturalized US citizen. During the crime, she lived in Manhattan with her son, sister and niece, police said.

Ortega met Crim through a family friend and worked with them for two years, the police said. By all indications, Krim was pleased with the work of Ortega.

In February 2012, 9 months before the murder, Crim traveled with Ortega to the Dominican Republic, where they spent 9 days. The family stayed in the house of sister Ortega. Marina Krim described this journey as a wonderful blog.

In memory of their children, the Krim family created a foundation. Lulu & Leo. Kevin called it “an act of positive disobedience.”

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