Accused Killer Nanny's Stress Spiked After Son Moved to NYC, Sources Say
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November 9, 2012 3:37pm | By
Murray Weiss, DNAinfo Columnist / Criminal Justice Editor
UPPER WEST SIDE — Cops believe the financial pressures that could have driven an $18-an-hour nanny to kill two children in her care began when she brought her own teenage son to New York to give him a better life, DNAinfo.com New York has learned.
Investigators and prosecutors trying to unravel the motive behind the gruesome murders believe the decision by Yoselyn Ortega eight months ago to move her 17-year-old son, J<modsnip> , from the Dominican Republic — and place him in a private school here — launched her descent into madness. That, combined with an unsuccessful attempt to get a raise from the family she worked for could have pushed her over the edge, sources said.
But, without a detailed confession from Ortega, authorities are still unable to determine with certainly exactly what allegedly caused her to stab Lucia Krim, 6, and her brother, Leo, 2, before turning the knife on herself in a botched suicide attempt on Oct. 25.
"There was definitely an issue with treatment by her employees, and money issues," a law enforcement source said. "But there must be some other craziness that has not come out."
Sources told "On the Inside" that Ortega was introduced to the Krim family two years ago through one of her sisters who is also a nanny who had met the Krims at Lucia’s dance class. She was paid $18 an hour, about average for a nanny, which is less than $32,000 a year...
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