5-Year-Old Twin Boy and Girl Found Dead Inside New York City Apartment by 'Distraught' Mother

Mar. 15, 2025

“EMS responded and pronounced the aided children deceased at the scene,” the statement added.

Police said the investigation into the children’s death remains ongoing.Kyle Mazza/TheNEWS2 via ZUMA/SplashNews

Kyle Mazza/TheNEWS2 via ZUMA/SplashNews

“At this time, we don’t know if there was any foul play,” NYPD Assistant Chief Benjamin Gurley said, per the outlet.

“Even myself going up there and the officers, when you go up and you see two 5-year-olds laying on the floor unresponsive and cold at this time of the year, you can imagine what the family’s going through,” Gurley added. “You can imagine what the mother is going through, the father.”

According toABC7, authorities learned that the children were sent home sick from school last week and were still home from school on Monday. Their mother was also at home with them at the time of the incident.

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She has since been hospitalized for emotional distress, according to the outlet.

An NYPD van outside the apartment block on East 175th Street.Kyle Mazza/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Kyle Mazza/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

“The father is currently at the 46th Precinct, cooperative,” Gurley said, per the outlet. “The mother was removed to the hospital for treatment. She’s not injured, but she’s emotionally distraught.”

“At this point, we are going to treat it as a crime scene because we don’t know if it’s foul play or not,” he continued according to ABC7. “We don’t want to tamper with the scene. The medical examiner will let us know based on their investigation and our crime scene unit whether there was foul play.”

source: people.com