A New Jersey mother of two has been charged with murder after allegedly drowning her two young daughters.
Naomi Elkins, 27, of Lakewood, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon and other crimes related to the deaths of her two children.
Authorities said officers had been called to an address on Shenandoah Drive in New Jersey City after receiving reports of two children in cardiac arrest.
Officers arrived to find the two children, ages one and three, receiving lifesaving help from Hatzolah Medical Services, a Jewish volunteer ambulance program.
The two were pronounced dead at the scene, and an investigation determined that the one-year-old child was stabbed and that both children were drowned by Elkins.
Naomi Elkins, 27, of Lakewood, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon and other crimes related to the deaths of her two children.
Authorities said officers had been called to an address on Shenandoah Drive in New Jersey City after receiving reports of two children in cardiac arrest.
Sources said NBC10 that the children drowned in the bathtub of the home.
Footage captured at the scene shows investigators going back and forth and removing items from the home before packing them into a Sheriff’s Office vehicle.
Authorities said Elins was taken into custody “without incident” at the scene and taken to the Ocean County Jail, where she is awaiting a detention hearing.
According to jail records, Elkins is married and also has a master’s degree. It is not yet clear when he will appear in court.
The shocking murders occurred in a typically quiet Hasidic Jewish community, home to the world’s largest yeshiva outside Israel.
