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Mom ‘strangled her two kids by tying their necks together with ribbon’ after telling cops ‘I don’t want them anymore’
A MOM is in jail after allegedly strangling her two kids by tying their necks together with a ribbon and telling cops she “doesn’t want them anymore.”
The children were found with their necks, arms, and legs tied up in the woman’s apartment, police say.
Odette Joassaint has been charged in the deaths of her two childrenNot known, clear with picture desk
The victims were three and five years oldNot known, clear with picture desk
The gruesome discovery was made late Tuesday night in Miami’s Little Haiti.
After making multiple calls to 911 but hanging up, cops arrived to the home of Odette Joassaint, 41.
“[Officers] found a female who appeared to be irate or going through a crisis,” said Miami Police Officer Michael Vega.
She reportedly told responding officers: “Come get them, I don’t want them anymore.”
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The two children, Laura and Jeffrey, were found tied up and unresponsive inside a bedroom, according to the Miami Herald.
Joassaint has allegedly confessed to strangling her two children with a red ribbon after tying them to one another by their necks, legs, and arms.
The Miami Herald also reports that the woman told police she was not in a good position financially and that her “kids were suffering and that they would suffer less if they were dead.”
Frantzy Belval, the father of the 3 and 5 year old children, told the outlet the woman wanted to move back in with him.
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He refused, saying, “I told her, ‘You are crazy. You create too much problems.”
The children reportedly lived with Joassaint full-time. But Belval visited with them weekly.
“They loved me so much,” he told the Miami Herald. “Every week, I buy clothes for the kids.”
The Herald reports both parents had been previously jailed at least once each on domestic violence allegations.
The Florida Department of Children and Families became aware of Belval and Joassaint – with Local 10 News reporting Belval had alerted the agency about Joassaint – and released a statement upon learning of the deaths of the children.
“The events that unfolded yesterday in this home are devastating. The Department is working closely with law enforcement to uncover the circumstances that caused the tragic and untimely death of these two children,” the agency said.
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“We have launched a full investigation and will provide updates regularly and publicly.”
Joassaint was charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder. She is being held without bond.
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