Right— as mandated reporters the hospital staff would have to report it to child protective services who I guess would notify LE. I would imagine there is a 24 hour hotline for emergencies like this.
I agree. She was distraught at the horrible turn of events, unable to get the door code right, clearly upset. This is how any of us would be if something unanticipated had occurred. It is not indicative of a sly sociopath who planned violence. I’m baffled.What I find interesting about one of the pics in the article you posted is the look on her face (cropped by me).
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Video exclusively obtained by DailyMail.com shows Nicole Virzi returning to her Airbnb rental in Pittsburgh shortly after midnight June 16, appearing distraught and anxious (pictured) as she struggled to unlock the door after she allegedly killed a six-week-old boy
The reason I found it interesting is if she has some mental condition where you'd show no remorse for your actions (Not saying she does, saying IF she did. I also don't know all the names of those conditions to call them out)... that is not going on here after viewing that pic of her "appearing distraught and anxious" and "struggling to unlock the door". To me, if I was in her place and innocent of what she's charged with, I'm be pretty darn distraught and anxious too. She appears to be deep in thought.
To me, someone that would abuse a child, let alone an infant, wouldn't be showing a lot of remorse/anxiety/distraught as there has to be something wrong with them in the first place to even do such a thing. There are a lot of killers like that (showing no remorse). Easily Googleable for names of various people like that. Due to this it's really making me rethink some things about the case. I am one that's not 100% in the camp that she's guilty. I'd need a lot more info than they're giving the general public to lean me more in that direction.
As per usual... all MOO.
Source to keep things together: Nicole Virzi returned to Airbnb distraught after baby killing
Could be a combination of the versions. NV fell asleep and baby screaming woke her up. She went to kitchen to get a bottle, assuming that a bottle is the answer to all screams, took bottle to infant and found infant on floor.
If you read the notations under each picture you'll have your answer. The first says "The Airbnb the PhD student stayed while visiting her friends in Pittsburgh ", and the 2nd says "The Katz family home where the crime allegedly took place". They aren't the same living quarters for NV.
The top one is the Airbnb Virzi was staying in near the Katz residence shown at the bottom.
Got it, just added that as ETA. THANKS.
Thanks, I just edited my post!
I completely agree. I believe up thread there was something stating Leon wasn’t strapped in - but at 6 weeks they aren’t able to lift their own head let alone their whole body enough to flip out of a bouncy seat. Yes, he should’ve been strapped in, but IMO at 6 weeks, he was probably safe either way.
I think it’s completely possible if Leon hadn’t died Ari’s injury could’ve gone unreported as child abuse. The parents & a friend spent the afternoon with the babies, baby is seen to have swelling, redness & bleeding. (Assuming) there was no known injury or crying. Parents take baby to ER to be checked. There were no prior reports of injuries to either baby. Parents take Ari home, were probably told to follow up with Pediatrician on Monday. If the swelling & bruises were better, chances are the Pediatrician would not have considered this single incident a case of abuse & reported it. Because Leo was brought into the ER with injuries that could not have been self inflicted the doctors declared Ari’s condition caused by abuse too.
It's possible unfortunately. An experiment on a real family - if that's the case, it's sick. MOO.
Here's hoping the surviving baby and the parents can get qualified trauma therapy. If you get treatment early enough, you can at least mitigate the symptoms and there is treatment available for pre-verbal children - somatic experiencing type of stuff. MOO, I am not a therapist.
Lawyers to seek death penalty for student accused of killing friend’s baby
Prosecutors will fight to see Nicole Virzi, who is facing charges for the murder of six-and-a-half-week-old Leon Katz, executed if she is found guiltywww.thetimes.com
"Virzi said she fell asleep for a while, while Leon was in “the bouncer seat”. Police records also refer to him being in “a bassinet” — a Moses basket — and do not specify whether the recliner had straps or sides."
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Yes, I’ve thought this all along.
Just speaking for myself: I am not searching for ways to find her innocent—and if NV proves to be an intentional abuser/murderer, I will accept it.
Thanks for linking this!
This news article supplies more details to collect in hopes the events will make sense eventually.
Lawyers to seek death penalty for student accused of killing friend’s baby
Prosecutors will fight to see Nicole Virzi, who is facing charges for the murder of six-and-a-half-week-old Leon Katz, executed if she is found guilty
"At some point — the timeline remains unclear — Virzi went to Roberts and Katz’s home. Roberts was taking a nap, and Virzi volunteered to change Ari’s nappy. She told Katz that she noticed blood in the child’s nappy, and swelling and redness in his genital area. There was also a scratch to his face, which Virzi said was from when she placed him in his car seat, and he flailed his arms, scratching himself."
There hasn't been a confirmed description or photo of the bounce seat or what Leon was in when he supposedly took a fall. We don't know if the apparatus had straps or he could be buckled in and wasn't.
"Virzi said she fell asleep for a while, while Leon was in “the bouncer seat”. Police records also refer to him being in “a bassinet” — a Moses basket — and do not specify whether the recliner had straps or sides."
I’m more confused with the new information than I was earlier! I added my own assumptions and they were all wrong apparently! But at least with my thoughts thrown in some things made sense! It seems NV wasn’t alone with the babies prior to mom & dad taking Ari to the ER. I read somewhere that NV doesn’t have younger siblings and that is something that has bothered her for a long time. That still doesn’t explain why this seemingly normal Psych Student caused her friends a lifetime of pain & suffering.
Right, if the second baby had not been hurt, the hospital may have viewed the first baby as having an infection and perhaps frantically scratching himself due to pain. [ I have seen this kind of thing with pets. ]
