Jury selection begins in trial of Upper West Side nanny charged with fatally stabbing two children

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Monday, February 5, 2018
Jury selection begins in trial of Upper West Side nanny charged with fatally stabbing two children
Jury selection begins in trial of Upper West Side nanny charged with fatally stabbing two childrenThe latest in the trial of an Upper West Side nanny.

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Manhattan nanny accused of killing two children.

Prosecutors say Yoselyn Ortega, 55, stabbed herself in the neck after killing 6-year-old Lulu and 2-year-old Leo Krim in the bathroom of their family's home on the Upper West Side in October 2012.

Prosecutors are hoping to prove Ortega was coherent and made a conscious decision to kill the children.

Her attorney is expected to use an insanity defense.

Ortega faces a possible sentence of life behind bars. She is currently being held without bail.

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