A Florida mother strangled her two young children to death and told police that she didn’t want them anymore.
Odette Joassaint, 41, was arrested on Tuesday night after police responded to several hang-up calls to 911.
Police found Laural, 5, and Jeffrey, 3, lying in bed face down with their arms, legs, and necks tied. Joassaint then confessed to killing them.
The mother tied the children’s limbs and used a red ribbon to strangle them to death.
When officers arrived to the scene, they observed the two children that appeared to be unresponsive. Fire rescue was called to the scene and they declared that both children were deceased.
Miami Fire Rescue confirmed that someone called 911 several times Tuesday night between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
The children’s godmother says Joassaint was facing mental health issues and begged her to adopt the children.
The kids’ father, Frantzy Belval, is mourning the tragic loss of his two children. He says they lived with Joassaint full time and would visit him on Saturdays.
Belval said Joussaint was unstable and hadn’t worked for the last year. He said she begged him to let her move in with him.
Joassaint now faces two counts of first-degree murder.
