Tag: NYC nanny murder trial

‘I felt like the devil was possessing me’: Nanny who brutally butchered two kids was hearing ‘Satan’ command her, psychiatrist testifies

Trials

A New York nanny on trial for reportedly murdering two small children in 2012 says that she was “possessed” when the incident occurred, a psychiatrist said on Thursday. New York Daily News reports that Dr. Karen Rosenbaum, a NewYork-based psychiatrist, testified at the Manhattan Supreme Court that during a chat with 55-year-old accused killer Yoselyn Ortega, the suspect …

‘I didn’t like the way she looked’: Fellow caretaker says nanny charged with killing two small children scared her off

Trials

March 24, 2018

‘I didn’t like the way she looked’: Fellow caretaker says nanny charged with killing two small children scared her off

The New York nanny charged with the gruesome slaying of two kids had grumbled the day before the deaths about “too much work and not enough money,” the New York Post reports. During the trial of nanny Yoselyn Ortega, Chelsea Andrews, a fellow nanny herself, testified Friday that Ortega had been behaving oddly on Oct. …

March 13, 2018

Killer nanny sits stone-faced in court as jury hears details of brutal child stabbings

The mortally wounded girl and her toddler brother were found in the bathtub. “They were staring at each other,” a detective said in court.

Photos, testimony at NYC nanny murder trial so horrifying that juror asks to be excused

Juveniles

March 7, 2018

Photos, testimony at NYC nanny murder trial so horrifying that juror asks to be excused

A juror has been dismissed from serving on the murder trial for a Manhattan nanny accused of murdering two children in their Upper West Side apartment. Yoselyn Ortega is on trial for the brutal 2012 murders of six-year-old Lucia Krim and her two-year-old brother Leo Krim. This week, the New York Times reports, prosecutors shared …