NJ mom who drowned her 2 kids to root out 'all the evil in the world' found not guilty by reason of insanity

A New Jersey pistillate who drowned her toddlers past twelvemonth to destruct "all the evil successful the world" — citing "religious reasons" — was recovered not blameworthy by crushed of insanity.

Naomi Elkins, 27, was charged with sidesplitting her daughters, ages 1 and 3, aft she drowned them successful her bathtub astatine her location successful Lakewood, New Jersey, connected June 25.

Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan ruled past week that Elkins did termination her children, but was not blameworthy by crushed of insanity, the Ashbury Park Press reported. The justice ordered Elkins to beryllium committed to a unafraid psychiatric infirmary for 2 lifetimes — 1 for each kid she killed.

This means she was sentenced to a full of 150 years successful a psychiatric hospital, arsenic each beingness word of committedness equates to 75 years nether authorities law.

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Naomi Elkins was recovered not blameworthy by crushed of insanity. (Ocean County Jail)

Elkins had admitted to constabulary that she drowned each of her children successful abstracted bathtubs for "religious reasons."

She archetypal stabbed the younger kid successful the tummy but was not convinced that it would termination her, truthful she enactment the kid successful a bathtub and held her underwater for 2 to 3 minutes, telling constabulary she counted to 50 respective times to guarantee she held her underwater for "enough time," according to a transgression complaint.

Her different girl observed what happened and ran distant to hide, the justice said. But Elkins grabbed her and enactment her successful the bathtub successful a 2nd bathroom, climbed connected apical of her and held her down portion the bathtub filled up.

Elkins past called archetypal responders to study that she had wounded her daughters. Both children were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Psychologist Gianni Pirelli testified successful tribunal that Elkins was "undoubtedly psychotic" and that the pistillate believed that either she oregon her hubby was the Messiah, the Ashbury Park Press reported. Pirelli said Elkins was described arsenic "emotionless" aft the incidental and that her statements included akin "religious themes."

"She thought that if she destroyed her children, she would beryllium destroying each the evil successful the world," Pirelli said.

The justice ordered Naomi Elkins to beryllium committed to a unafraid psychiatric infirmary for 2 lifetimes. (iStock)

Elkins' hubby had near municipality connected a concern travel the time earlier the killings.

Pirelli said Elkins has struggled with intelligence unwellness since astatine slightest 2018 and suffered postpartum psychosis aft the births of her 2 children. The woman's intelligence wellness ne'er stabilized, Pirelli said.

After her 2nd pregnancy, Elkins began to judge that she was "either a descendant of Hitler oregon evil entities, this thought of her being evil, this self-loathing oregon thought that she needed to repent," Pirelli said.

Following her confession, Elkins was allowed to constitute a letter, which "reads arsenic if it's a missive to God," Pirelli said. 

"I thought I loved you, God, my creator," Elkins wrote successful the letter.

"You are evil. I'm deserving of decease and destruction. I don't cognize what I was. I loved my children, but I loved you more," the missive continues.

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"She thought that if she destroyed her children, she would beryllium destroying each the evil successful the world," scientist Gianni Pirelli testified. (iStock)

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The missive adds: "I enactment maine earlier my kids. How could a Jewish parent bash that? How? How is it possible?"

Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said his bureau could not quality the determination that Elkins was legally insane erstwhile she killed her children.

"Based connected our reappraisal of the facts and circumstances, successful operation with the adept psychiatric study and testimony, the State agrees with this finding," Billhimer said. "It's not adjacent a adjacent call."

Elkins' intelligence wellness volition beryllium evaluated periodically by the court, and she volition stay successful a psychiatric instauration unless she reaches a constituent erstwhile she is nary longer considered a information to herself oregon others, Defense lawyer Mitchell Ansell said.