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Woman and two toddlers found fatally stabbed in Jamaica: NYPD

Woman and two toddlers found fatally stabbed in Jamaica: NYPD
By Christina Santucci

A woman and her two young children were found stabbed to death inside a Jamaica apartment Sunday evening, police said.

A spokesman for the NYPD said all three victims – a 21-year-old woman, a 2-year-old girl and a 1-year-old girl – had suffered multiple stab wounds inside the building on Sutphin Boulevard near 90th Avenue.

Authorities were looking into the deaths as homicides, police said.

Officers had been called to the area shortly after 7 p.m. and as of midnight, the investigation remained ongoing, the spokesman said.

Police identified the victims as Deisy Garcia, 2-year-old Daniela Meija and 1-year-old Yaslin Meija. No arrests had been made in connection with the deaths as of Monday morning, according to cops.

The New York Post reported that Garcia was the girls’ mother and attended York College.

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