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Autopsy Rules Deaths Of Five-Year-Old Twins A Homicide Caused By Smothering

An autopsy is revealing that two young children who were found dead in an apartment in the Bronx, New York, on December 18, 2023, were smothered, and police are ruling the deaths a homicide. Authorities are responding to the 200 block of East 175th Street in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx, New York, around 11:20 a.m. on Monday morning, December 18, 2023, where they found five-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, dead. The recent autopsy has ruled both deaths as homicides caused by smothering. The crime scene was photographed on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#11075176
Date Taken	18 December 2023
Location	N/A
Photographer	Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto
Category	Crime, Law and Justice
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto

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