UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Opening statements are set to start Thursday in the trial of a nanny accused of killing two children in Manhattan.
Yoselyn Ortega, 55, is charged with murdering 6-year-old Lucia Krim and 2-year-old Leo Krim in their Upper West Side home in 2012.
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Prosecutors say she killed the siblings in response to an argument she had with their mother.
Her attorney is expected to use an insanity defense.
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Ortega faces a possible sentence of life behind bars. She is currently being held without bail.
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