New York Nanny Sentenced to Life for Murdering Children in Her Care

New York Nanny Sentenced to Life for Murdering Children in Her Care
Yoselyn Ortega, a nanny convicted of killing Lucia and Leo Krim, ages 6 and 2 respectively, arrives for a hearing for her trial at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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NEW YORK—A New York nanny convicted of fatally stabbing two young children in her care was sentenced on Monday, May 14, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a crime that has been described as every parent’s nightmare.

In a case that drew national headlines, Yoselyn Ortega, 56, was found guilty by a jury in April of murdering both Lucia Krim, 6, nicknamed Lulu, and her 2-year-old brother, Leo, and leaving their bloody bodies in a bathtub in their luxury Manhattan apartment in October 2012.