CBS/AP/ October 25, 2012, 11:14 PM

2 kids stabbed dead in NYC home, nanny suspected

New York Police officers stand outside a building located at 57 West 75th street Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, New York. Police say a nanny at the luxury New York City apartment building has stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and stabbed herself.

New York Police officers stand outside a building located at 57 West 75th street Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, New York. Police say a nanny at the luxury New York City apartment building has stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and stabbed herself. / AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Updated 11:14 PM ET

NEW YORK Police say they believe a nanny at a luxury New York City apartment building has stabbed a TV executive's two small children to death and stabbed herself.

They say dad Kevin Krim was away on a trip and their mother found them in a bathtub after returning home with another child.

Police say mom Marina Krim arrived at the dark apartment near Central Park on Thursday evening and initially thought the nanny had taken the children out. He says when she looked in the bathroom she saw 1-year-old Leo and 6-year-old LuLu dead.

The nanny was found with stab wounds to her neck, and a kitchen knife was nearby, police said. There was no water in the bathtub, they said.

"Both children were taken to St. Luke's Hospital where they were pronounced dead," said NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said, as reported by WCBS 880.

Music therapist Rima Starr, who lives on the same floor as the family, said she heard screams coming from their apartment at around 5:30 p.m.

"There was some kind of screaming about, `You slit her throat!' It was horrible," she said.

She said she believed the nanny had been hired just recently.

"I met her in the elevator, the day before yesterday, and was making small talk," she said.

After police arrived, she said, the mother remained in the building's lobby, screaming hysterically and clutching her surviving child.

The nanny was in police custody and was hospitalized in critical condition.

The apartment building sits in one of the city's most idyllic neighborhoods, a block from Central Park, near the Museum of Natural History and blocks from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. A drugstore is in the bottom of the building.

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flames563 says:
This week financial news organization CNBC gave some mainstream attention to the largest money laundering and racketeering lawsuit in United States History, in which "Banksters" and their U.S. racketeering partners are being accused of laundering of 43 trillion dollars worth of ill gotten gains.

The lawsuit is said to involve officials located in the highest offices of government and the financial sector.

Since this information was surprisingly revealed by the mainstream news organization there has been a very suspicious and deadly fallout at the CNBC headquarters.

Within hours the original page for the article was taken down, and CNBC senior vice president Kevin Krim received news that his children were killed under very suspicious circumstances.

It seems that the murder happened first and then the page was removed later.

According to mainstream accounts the children's nanny is responsible for the murders, allegedly stabbing both children.

However, those same mainstream news sources report the highly unlikely story that the nanny slit her own throat just after committing the homicides.
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Bojax39 says:
"Music therapist Rima Starr, who lives on the same floor as the family, said she heard screams coming from their apartment at around 5:30 p.m."

Article doesn't say if Starr called the police. Sounds as if she didn't. If not, why not? What the heck is a "music therapist" anyway?
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knit-n-purl-girl says:
What a tragedy! What I don't understand is why some people have to compound an already horrific situation by posting such calloused and insensitive remarks or politicizing every news story. Shame on you! They are going through an unimaginable hell that most of us will never have to face. My thoughts and prayers are with this family.
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alisew says:
Ok I wanna know how she stabbed herself then turn out the lights...cause the entire apartment was in darkness...so they try a say she stabs herself and possibly the kids in the dark?...SOUNDS impossible
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Dina_Saurus says:
The neighbor heard screaming and "you slit her throat," and didn't call the freaking police!?!?
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Jonseen says:
The worst nightmare possible... I do pray for this family.
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RDO10 says:
This is a horrendous crime! How can you even imagine discovering your precious little ones murdered? The mother will never get over this. However, I hope she finds, somehow, a will-to-live for the sake of her living 3-year-old child. My heart goes out to this young family.
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jetterbean77 says:
She was with her only surviving child at the child's swimming lesson when this occurred. I grew up with this woman, the mother. She is from a warm family, is kind and loving, and has always been devoted to her children. It is incredibly awful; truly there are no words to fully capture this degree of sadness and tragedy.
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retiredWAC says:
I have a conflict with the neighbor. "Music therapist Rima Starr, who lives on the same floor as the family, said she heard screams coming from their apartment at around 5:30 p.m.

"There was some kind of screaming about, `You slit her throat!' It was horrible," she said."

And she didn't call the police after hearing this horrible statement? This also makes me wonder if there was someone else present in the apartment besides the nanny.
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lifeduringwartime replies:
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Mallory-say what? Fantasy? did you read the article? What would you have done, banged on the wall and tell them the t.v. is too loud?
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jhimelick says:
and...there's a drugstore...what in the.....
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