April 14 (UPI) -- A Miami woman accused of killing her children, ages 3 and 5, faces two first-degree murder charges, local authorities said Thursday. Miami police responded to repeated 911 hang-up calls that began around 8 p.m. Tuesday night from a Little Miami neighborhood apartment. Advertisement Upon their arrival, they found 41-year-old Odette Lysse Joassaint, who appeared to be hallucinating or in a crisis, police told the local ABC affiliate station WPLG. They discovered Joassaint's unresponsive daughter and son tied to a bed. Joassaint, who was removed from the home on a stretcher and arrested Wednesday, reportedly told officers, "Come get them. I don't want them." A Miami Fire Rescue crew's attempts to revive the children were unsuccessful. The children's father, Frantzy Belval, told local media that he had reported Joassaint to the Florida Department of Children and Families in the past. A family friend shared in an interview that Joassaint has a 14-year-old daughter who was placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families in December. Miami Police spokesperson Michael Vega said the department has received several calls from the Little Miami home over the past year relating to domestic violence, disturbances and trespassing. Advertisement Joassaint was previously arrested in 2017 for battery against her husband, a local media investigation uncovered. She filed and was granted a domestic violence injunction against him in 2019. Read More Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads guilty to forcible touching Police rule Baltimore firefighters' deaths homicides; ATF says fire was 'incendiary' Biden admin to change policing rules to settle Lafayette Square lawsuits Topics Law and Crime Latest Headlines U.S. News // 42 minutes ago 1 firefighter killed, 8 injured battling Brooklyn blaze April 25 (UPI) -- A New York City firefighter was killed and eight others were injured while battling a three-alarm fire in Brooklyn, officials said. U.S. News // 2 hours ago Coast Guard calls off search of Mississippi River for 3 children April 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for two teenagers and a child who went missing over the weekend in the Mississippi River near New Orlean's Crescent City Connection Bridge. U.S. News // 3 hours ago White House: Biden to visit Israel in coming months April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden agreed during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to visit the Middle Eastern country in the coming months, both governments have confirmed. U.S. News // 10 hours ago Ax-1 crew undocks from ISS, heads back to Earth April 24 (UPI) -- Axiom Space's private astronaut mission Ax-1 undocked from the International Space Station on Sunday night following weather-related delays. U.S. News // 13 hours ago South Carolina police officer killed in shooting; suspect dead after standoff April 24 (UPI) -- A police officer was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance early Sunday morning and the suspect also killed himself, police said. U.S. News // 14 hours ago Dangerous flooding and severe thunderstorms looming in south Plains, Midwest The risk of flash flooding and severe weather will zero in on an expansive zone from the southern Plains to the Midwest early this week. \ U.S. News // 15 hours ago 4 people killed in Philadelphia house fire April 24 (UPI) -- Four people, including three children, were killed in a fire at a two-story home in Philadelphia early Sunday morning. U.S. News // 17 hours ago Five teens shot outside Atlanta Waffle House April 24 (UPI) -- Five people aged 15-19 were shot outside a Waffle House restaurant near Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park on Saturday evening. U.S. News // 17 hours ago U.S. to announce more help for Ukraine, White House adviser says April 24 (UPI) -- The United States will announce more help for Ukraine this week, White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday. U.S. News // 1 day ago Orrin Hatch, the Senate's longest-serving Republican, dies at 88 April 23 (UPI) -- Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate's history, died at 88 years old in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
April 14 (UPI) -- A Miami woman accused of killing her children, ages 3 and 5, faces two first-degree murder charges, local authorities said Thursday.
Miami police responded to repeated 911 hang-up calls that began around 8 p.m. Tuesday night from a Little Miami neighborhood apartment. Advertisement
Upon their arrival, they found 41-year-old Odette Lysse Joassaint, who appeared to be hallucinating or in a crisis, police told the local ABC affiliate station WPLG.
They discovered Joassaint's unresponsive daughter and son tied to a bed.
Joassaint, who was removed from the home on a stretcher and arrested Wednesday, reportedly told officers, "Come get them. I don't want them."
A Miami Fire Rescue crew's attempts to revive the children were unsuccessful.
The children's father, Frantzy Belval, told local media that he had reported Joassaint to the Florida Department of Children and Families in the past.
A family friend shared in an interview that Joassaint has a 14-year-old daughter who was placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families in December.
Miami Police spokesperson Michael Vega said the department has received several calls from the Little Miami home over the past year relating to domestic violence, disturbances and trespassing. Advertisement
Joassaint was previously arrested in 2017 for battery against her husband, a local media investigation uncovered.
She filed and was granted a domestic violence injunction against him in 2019.