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Nanny suspected of killing 2 kids in NY home

Police confer behind a crime scene unit vehicle in front of the luxury Manhattan apartment building where police say a nanny stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and then stabbed herself in New York, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Police say the children
Police confer behind a crime scene unit vehicle in front of the luxury Manhattan apartment building where police say a nanny stabbed two small children to death in a bathtub and then stabbed herself in New York, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Police say the children's mother found the scene after returning home with another child. (Kathy Willens / Associated Press)
Colleen Longdeepti Hajela Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A nanny suspected of killing two young children she was looking after and then stabbing herself is in critical condition in a city hospital, as authorities continue to investigate the horrific episode that is a parent’s worst nightmare.

The children’s mother, Marina Krim, found her 1-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter stabbed to death in the family’s Upper West Side apartment Thursday evening. The children’s 50-year-old nanny was lying near them.

Their father, CNBC digital media executive Kevin Krim, had been away on a business trip.

Music therapist Rima Starr, who lives on the same floor as the family, said she heard screams coming from their apartment at around 5:30 p.m.