An investigation is underway after two children were found dead in a Little Haiti apartment late Tuesday night. (CBS4)
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A mother is accused of murdering her two children in their Little Haiti apartment.
According to Miami PD, officers were called out to the 100 block of NE 75 Street by “a female who seemed to be in a crisis.”
READ MORE: Fire Rips Through Former Wilton Manors Church
“The female seemed irate, she seemed like her mind wasn’t correct. ,” said Miami police Officer Michael Vega.
Arriving officers met the woman, 41-year-old Odette Lysse Joassaint, and said she appeared to be irrational. They said she told them “Come get them, I don’t want them anymore.”
READ MORE: ‘Female Who Seemed To Be In A Crisis’: 911 Call Led Police To Two Children Dead In Little Haiti Apartment
The officers entered the apartment and found two unresponsive young children, a three-year-old girl and five-year-old boy, in a bedroom who were tied.
Miami Fire Rescue arrived and pronounced them dead.
MORE NEWS: One Man Dead, Another Hospitalized After SW Miami-Dade House Fire
Joassaint has been charged with two counts of first degree murder.
