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Woman pleads guilty to killing friend’s 6-week-old son, said she had compulsion to harm kids
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What happenedNicole Virzi was visiting Savannah Roberts in Pittsburgh and offered to look after her baby twins, then used that position of trust to kill one and severely injure the other, prosecutors said.
The headline splitNBC News - US News frames it as "Woman pleads guilty to killing friend’s 6-week-old son, said she had compulsion to harm k...". Los Angeles Times frames it as "A 'compulsion' to hurt kids: San Diego woman pleads guilty to killing best friend's baby".
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Left / center-leftWoman pleads guilty to killing friend’s 6-week-old son, said she had compulsion to harm kids
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Woman pleads guilty to killing friend’s 6-week-old son, said she had compulsion to harm kids
Nicole Virzi was visiting Savannah Roberts in Pittsburgh and offered to look after her baby twins, then used that position of trust to kill one and severely injure the other, prosecutors sa...
A 'compulsion' to hurt kids: San Diego woman pleads guilty to killing best friend's baby
A San Diego woman pleaded guilty this week in the 2024 death of her best friend's 6-week-old baby and harming the baby's twin. She told investigators she had a "compulsion.... to hurt kids."
