TREVOR and LILLIAN NOEL - 5 yo and 4 mo / Accused: Mother; Lisette Bamenga - Bronx NY

NYPD responding to gas leak in Bronx apartment find 2 kids dead, woman with wrists slashed

By Associated Press
Updated: Friday, July 6, 7:32 AM

NEW YORK — New York City police responding to a gas leak at an apartment in the Bronx found two young children dead and a woman with lacerations to her wrists.

The bodies of a 5-year-old boy and a 4-month-old girl were found shortly before midnight Thursday after police responded to a 911 call of a gas leak.

A 29-year-old woman was found in the apartment with minor lacerations to her wrists. She was taken to a hospital where she was listed in stable condition.

The names were withheld pending family notification.

An investigation is continuing.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nypd-responding-to-gas-leak-in-bronx-apartment-find-2-kids-dead-woman-with-wrists-slashed/2012/07/06/gJQAr1ubRW_story.html

2 Bronx Children Dead In Possible Murder-Attempted Suicide



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Lisette Bamenga, NYC mother, arrested for allegedly poisoning 2 kids in double murder-attempted suicide, police say

July 9, 2012 11:29 AM
By Casey Glynn

(CBS/WCBS/AP) NEW YORK - Police say a woman who turned on the gas in her Bronx apartment and slit her own wrists has been arrested in the deaths of her two children.

Lisette Bamenga, 29, was arrested Saturday in the deaths of her 5-year-old son Trevor Noel Jr. and her 4-month-old daughter Lillian Noel.

The children were found shortly before midnight Thursday when police responded to a 911 call of a gas leak.

Authorities told CBS New York that Bamenga poisoned the children with windshield de-icing fluid before turning on the gas in her kitchen and slashing her wrists. The two children were pronounced dead at the scene, while Bamenga was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Police said she left a note and was attempting a murder-suicide.

Witnesses told CBS New York that they were awakened by the strong smell of gas and heard the children's father, who the New York Daily News identified as rookie NYPD Officer Trevor Noel, banging on the door trying to get inside. Police said Balmenga was distraught over her relationship with the officer.

CBS New York reports that witnesses say the children's father lives in Bronx apartment as well.

Published reports say Bamenga was a city schoolteacher. The Daily News reports that she has been charged with two counts of murder.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57468517-504083/lisette-bamenga-nyc-mother-arrested-for-allegedly-poisoning-2-kids-in-double-murder-attempted-suicide-police-say/