Police in Lakewood, New Jersey, in Ocean County, have taken a woman into custody after she allegedly killed her two daughters by drowning them in a bathtub on Tuesday night.
Naomi Elkins, 27, of Lakewood, was arrested and charged with murder, weapon possession and other offenses in the deaths of her two children, who were killed on Tuesday in her home along Shenandoah Drive, police said.
Police officials said that officers were called to the home at about 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday for a report of two children suffering from cardiac arrest.
First responders to the scene tried to render lifesaving aid to the two girls -- ages one and three-years-old -- but were unsuccessful. Both children were pronounced dead at the scene, police officials said on Wednesday morning.
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According to police, both children -- who law enforcement officials have not yet identified -- had drowned and the youngest child had also been stabbed.
A source told NBC10 that the children were drowned in a bathtub at the home.
Investigators said that they believe Elkins, the children's mother, was responsible for their deaths.
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She was taken into custody at the scene, police officials said.
Elkins appeared virtually from Ocean County jail before a judge Wednesday afternoon. Her detention hearing is scheduled for Monday, July 1.
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