Woman Clutching Child Leaps Into Hudson River In Murder-Suicide Attempt

[Whisper]

A woman clutching her 19-month-old daughter plunged into the chilly Hudson River in a murder-suicide bid after a fight with her husband Tuesday morning, authorities said.
The child was alive but unconscious and unresponsive when police found her bobbing in the water off the West Side of Manhattan shortly after 11:30 a.m.
"She was pretty cold," said Mike Skonberg of the NYPD Harbor Unit. "It was pretty alarming ... She wasn't responding at all."
Her mother was "conscious but incoherent," said FDNY Battalion 11 Chief Robert Holzmaier.
According to police, the little girl's 34-year-old mother put her in a stroller and bolted for the pier at W. 70th St. after an argument with her husband.
"She says she was going to take the baby back to India, and she jumped in the water," a police source said.
The woman climbed over a waist-high fence, carrying the child, before jumping off the pier into the fast-moving current.
Rescuers arrived within two minutes to find the parent and child floating about 40 feet apart and about 10 blocks south as witnesses stared in horror.

"It was a nightmare to watch," said eyewitness Lane Deuachmat, 43,, who lives in the neighborhood.

"You could see them bobbing down in the water, and they started to go under."

As police rescued the child, the mother was pulled from the water by firefighters.
The toddler was on a ventilator at New York Presbyterian Hospital, a police source said. The mother was brought to the same facility.
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Police officer removes a stroller near the scene where a woman and child were rescued from the water off W. 70th St. in Manhattan Tuesday.

[Valasca]

That cops looks like she is about to beat someone with the stroller.

[DingDang]

That cops looks like she is about to beat someone with the stroller.

She does! Her inner monologue would be something along the lines of..."This shit is fucked up right here!"

[CplPunishment]

Hey that's not the way to India!

[AngelFire]

Amazon, do you blame her? Only thing is that I wished they would have taken their time trying to save worthless crazy momma.

[Abroad]

That cops looks like she is about to beat someone with the stroller.

Can you blame her? :stupido3:

[Whisper]

Mother, Child Rescued From Hudson River
Sources: Woman Jumped Into Water With Child Intentionally
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A mother and her child were rescued from the Hudson River on Manhattan's Upper West Side on May 11, 2010 after the woman apparently jumped into the river intentionally.

A mother and her child were rescued from the Hudson River on Manhattan's Upper West Side on May 11, 2010 after the woman apparently jumped into the river intentionally.
A mother and her young daughter were pulled from the Hudson River Tuesday morning on the Upper West Side of Manhattan after the woman apparently jumped into the water intentionally.

The rescue happened just before noon. Lane Beauchamp was out for a stroll with a friend and her godson when they noticed an empty stroller on the pier by 70th Street.

"We thought it was odd for an empty stroller to be sitting there, so we started looking around for whom it might belong. Then I spotted the woman, clutching the baby, in the water," Beauchamp told CBS 2.
Beauchamp yelled down to the woman to see if she needed help, but she gave an unusual response.

"The woman just sort of waved," he said. "The wave seemed like a response to my question and she was indicating they were fine, but there was an eerie calmness about it. It was too cold to be out for a casual swim."
That's when Beauchamp called 911. Fortunately, the harbor unit had a police boat only a mile away near the Intrepid Air Sea and Space Museum. They arrived in two minutes. An FDNY Marine unit also arrived on the scene and both the NYPD and FDNY boats rescued the pair before it was too late.
"As the moments passed, you could see them both begin to bob more in the water and go underwater for longer periods of time. The two eventually separated and you could just see them both floating in the water, seemingly lifeless," said Beauchamp. "Then the NYPD boat swooped in and plucked the baby out. A few moments later, the FDNY boat grabbed the woman."
Rescuers performed CPR on the child, who was conscious and coughing by the time an ambulance arrived.

"She was still lifeless, gurgling, a little bit of breath coming out," said EMS Bekn Kalinsky.
They were taken to New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Medical Center where both were listed in serious condition.
It wasn't clear why the woman and toddler went into the river, but police were looking into the possibility that the woman had jumped into the water in an apparent suicide attempt.
"After she waved, she seemed to turn a bit," he said. "She was holding the child above the water. She looked like she was keeping them above water, but moving away from the shore."
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A mother and her child were rescued from the Hudson River on Manhattan's Upper West Side on May 11, 2010 after the woman apparently jumped into the river intentionally.

[Echo]

How about just kill yourself and leave the poor baby out of it you selfish witch!!!!!!

[LadyCygnet]

That cop looks like she is about to beat someone with the stroller.

Were I in her place, I'd probably be wearing the same expression. It's the look of a woman who has analyzed the situation and is restraining herself from using the nearest blunt object (in this case, the stroller) to assist the egg donor's suicide. She probably has a soft spot for kids, and she may have little ones of her own at home.

I hope the baby makes a full recovery.

[Whisper]

NYPD: Mom may have tossed kid before river rescue
NEW YORK—A woman may have hurled her toddler daughter into the chilly Hudson River before jumping in behind her on Tuesday, but both were rescued, said police, who were contemplating attempted-murder charges against her.
Police have witnesses who saw the woman throw her daughter in the water and then jump in, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said. The pair were spotted bobbing in the water by passers-by who came across an empty stroller on a pier.

The 34-year-old woman and her 19-month-old daughter were taken to a Manhattan hospital, where they were listed in serious condition, authorities said. Their identities were not immediately released.

Maryann Ford said she was walking with her 3-year-old godson and her friend Lane Beauchamp on a pedestrian pier that juts out into the Hudson when she noticed the empty stroller.
Ford said she instinctively looked at the water between the pier and the remnants of an abandoned dock. That's when Ford, who lives nearby, and Beauchamp spotted the woman and the child, both fully dressed, in the water.

"It's so disturbing," Ford said. "I just can't get it out of my head -- seeing her head go down and seeing that baby's head go under, and at one point seeing both go down. That's really shaken me."
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"She wasn't dog-paddling toward the shore," Ford said. "She was dog-paddling sort of farther out."

Beauchamp, who also lives in the neighborhood and called 911, said he never saw flailing arms or anything dramatic but the woman seemed to intentionally move away from the shore. The woman and the toddler were bobbing up and down in the water as they got farther out.
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Beauchamp said the woman let her daughter go and they were about 10 to 20 feet apart.
About 20 minutes after rescuers plucked the two from the water, Ford and Beauchamp ran into a man who identified himself as the toddler's father.
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It wasn't immediately clear how long they had been in the water, which was around 50 degrees, the Coast Guard said. The fire department said about 15 minutes lapsed between the time of the call and the transport.http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/05/11/nypd_mom_may_have_tossed_kid_before_river_rescue/

[Whisper]

NEW YORK
—A woman who witnesses say hurled her toddler daughter into the chilly Hudson River on Tuesday before jumping in behind her, leading to a dramatic rescue by police officers and firefighters, has been charged with attempted murder, police said.
Devi Silvia also was charged Tuesday with assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.
Police have witnesses who saw Silvia, 33, throw her daughter in the water and then jump in, Browne said. The pair were spotted Tuesday morning bobbing in the water by passers-by who came across an empty stroller on a pier.

Silvia and her 19-month-old daughter were taken to a Manhattan hospital, where they were listed in serious condition, authorities said. Silvia was released from the hospital and was in custody, where she couldn't be reached by telephone for comment. Her arraignment was pending.
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more at link
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/05/11/nypd_mom_may_have_tossed_kid_before_river_rescue/

[Whisper]

DA: Mom threw tot in Hudson River out of spousal spite
NEW YORK (AP) — An unhappy mother hurled her toddler daughter into the chilly Hudson River and then jumped in herself in an apparent murder-suicide attempt intended to spite her husband, prosecutors said FridayDispirited after a few years of moving around the United States because of her husband's job, Devi Silvia told relatives she wanted to go back to her native India with her 19-month old daughter shortly before the river plunge Tuesday, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Robert Hettleman said.
Later, "she told us that she was sad and lonely and angry at her husband, and that she did this horrific act on purpose," he said as she was arraigned on attempted murder and other charges.
Silvia told a detective "she threw her infant daughter into the river and wanted to die to hurt her husband," according to a criminal complaint.Arraigned via video link from a hospital where she's being held for psychological evaluation, Silvia listened calmly to Hettleman's account with the help of a Tamil interpreter. The language is spoken in southeastern India and Sri Lanka, among other places.
Silvia, 33, didn't enter a plea and is being held without bail at least until a June 15 court date. If convicted, she could face up to 25 years in prison.
Witnesses saw Silvia abruptly toss the child, Jessica Prithiviraj, into the river off a pedestrian pier on Manhattan's Upper West Side and then leap in herself, police said. When people on shore called out to Silvia, she waved back at them and seemed to paddle farther out, one witness said.
"By all accounts, (Silvia) made no attempts to save her baby's life," Hettleman said.
Jessica was blue and motionless when rescuers plucked her and Silvia from the roughly 50-degree water, Hettleman said. He said the child was in stable condition Friday.
The city Administration for Children's Services is investigating, spokeswoman Laura Postiglione said.
Silvia and her husband, Dominic J. Prithiviraj, had lived in Illinois, California and New York during a few years in the United States, Hettleman said. It wasn't immediately clear what Prithiviraj did for a living.
When she told relatives Tuesday she wanted to return to India, they urged her to wait a few weeks, until she could join family members who planned to travel there in June, he said.
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[MadeaBecBec]

The deranged Manhattan mom who tossed her 20-month-old daughter into the Hudson River was ordered Friday to stay away from the child and undergo a psychiatric exam.

Devi Silvia Dominic showed little reaction as she appeared at the Manhattan hearing via video from the psychiatric ward at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.


Manhattan Criminal Court Justice Melissa Jackson ordered Dominic to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and to stay away from her daughter pending a June 15 hearing.

"You are to have absolutely no contact ... no telephone calls, nothing," Jackson said.


Dominic also has a 6-year-old daughter. The disheveled defendant, in a white T-shirt and baggy grey sweatpants, sat in a wheelchair for the hearing. A translator helped the native of India follow the proceeding.

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"We did CPR on the child. She wasn't breathing. She started foaming at the mouth. She was pretty lifeless," said Officer Brian Caiola.

Once ashore, the rescuers handed the child to Officer Ben Kalinsky, who struggled to keep the little girl alive.

"She was lifeless, gurgling a bit," he said.

"I tried to stimulate further sounds by rubbing and patting her back. After I got her to the ambulance, she was breathing on her own. She was cute. She had a sweater on and was probably in shock."

The baby was initially listed in critical condition with severe hypothermia. But by last night, she was conscious and walking around, authorities said.


Silvia has told relatives that she was deeply unhappy living in the United States because Prithiviraj worked long hours as a software executive at Oracle and frequently visited his sick mother in the area, sources said.

This past weekend, he went to Boston with his parents, leaving Silvia behind.

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I think she got hubby's attention (and the rest of the world)!! Stupid, Stupid, STUPID!!!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

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The husband of a deranged mom who tossed their baby girl into the Hudson River posted her $10,000 bail Monday - and left a Manhattan courthouse holding her hand.
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Silvia had been held in a locked ward at Elmhurst Hospital since the May 11 failed murder-suicide bid.

Prosecutors said Silva was lonely and angry at her husband when she hurled her 19-month-old daughter into the river's chilly waters. The girl has since recovered.

The mother of two - whose young daughters were sent back to India to live with relatives - is accused of dumping her 18-month-old girl, Jessica, into the chilly waters.

Her lawyer said Silvia, who wept in court, was remorseful and distraught about not being able to see her children.

"She would not risk disobeying a court order [to return] or anything that would risk her seeing her children in the future," her lawyer, Seema Iyer, told Supreme Court Justice Lewis Stone.

Trying to get Silvia released without having to post bail, the defense lawyer told Stone Prithiviraj makes just $60 a day.

The judge set bail but released Silvia over prosecutors' objections. Stone said further investigation will determine if "it's truly a criminal matter or a mental health matter."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/08/03/2010-08-03_hubby_bails_out_tottoss_ma.html

[nopatience]

She tries to KILL their baby and he bails her out? WTF?!

[Dneilz]

Devi is her name??? Did they leave out the L??? (Devil?) Stupid bitch.

[TheMeaningOfItAll]

ARGH! Those two pieces of shit deserve each other. She tries to murder her own child and the father sends their kids away to live with family and bails the murder-attempting mother out of jail?! Not only that, he walks out holding her hand??!! FUCK THAT SHIT. She'll probably be knocked up within a few months. I hope the kids are healthy, happy and being loved right now. I hope they don't think they are to blame for this fucked up situation. I hope the mother gets severe jail time and is never allowed to see her kids again.

[LadyCygnet]

Trying to get Silvia released without having to post bail, the defense lawyer told Stone Prithiviraj makes just $60 a day.

She claims he works "long hours" for Oracle, they live in the New York metropolitan area, and yet he somehow makes only $60 a day? I smell BS. I seriously doubt that anyone who works for Oracle makes less than $10 an hour.

[DogMom]

She claims he works "long hours" for Oracle, they live in the New York metropolitan area, and yet he somehow makes only $60 a day? I smell BS. I seriously doubt that anyone who works for Oracle makes less than $10 an hour.

Oracle? I guarantee you he is making $60 an hour. Probably more.

[Silvahalo]

So they argue and she's lonely, her answer is to take her life AND her daughters....what a selfish bitch. She'd never survive my life right now. And she dare to smile in that picture, she should be covering her face in shame. She's no mother.

Very glad to read little Jessica is up and about. Be happy and safe little one.

[Whisper]

Mom who threw tot in NY river can go home to India

NEW YORK (AP) - A mother who tossed her toddler into the Hudson River after suddenly spiraling into psychosis can return to her native India and her children, a judge said Friday after she reached a rare form of agreement with prosecutors to resolve her attempted-murder case.

Devi Silvia will continue treatment and medication in India, with New York authorities monitoring her progress during five years of probation.

Her lawyers called it a just result for a woman whose conduct was driven by a mental illness that emerged only in the days before she threw her daughter into the chilly river off Manhattan's Upper West Side, then leaped in herself, in May 2010.

"Ms. Silvia has always been a tremendously caring and loving mother, who at the age of 34 had no prior symptoms of mental illness and had no idea what was happening to her at the time of the incident," the law firm that represented her, Bingham McCutchen LLP, said in a statement. "Ms. Silvia has been in full remission now for nearly two years, and she has been a model patient in every category."

Over the roughly four days before the river plunge, the former high school math teacher from the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu thought she saw a strange bright light coming from her bedroom door during the night, had the idea that God had sent someone to clean her kitchen and felt her 6-year-old and people at the child's school were giving her unusual and frightening looks, prosecutors have said.

On the morning when Silvia and her younger daughter, Jessica Prithiviraj, would end up in the river, the mother believed she heard a dog in a playground tell her she also was a dog, then heard a voice command her to leap into the river as she and the toddler walked alongside it, prosecutors said in November, when they agreed to let her resolve the case by pleading not guilty because of mental illness. The Manhattan district attorney's office made only a handful of such pacts last year; they're sanctioned by state law for cases in which prosecutors believe an insanity defense would prevail at trial.

"I don't know what I was doing," Silvia said during her plea.

Jessica, then 21 months old, was blue and motionless and wasn't breathing when rescuers plucked her and Silvia from the roughly 50-degree water, prosecutors said. Both mother and daughter recovered. Silvia was later diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Silvia, a former math teacher in her homeland, had been in the United States for several years because her husband was working here. A relative took Jessica and her older sister back to India after their mother's arrest.

After about three months in a psychiatric hospital jail ward, Silvia was released on $10,000 bail and was ordered to attend psychiatric treatment five days a week.

Her plea could have meant psychiatric hospitalization, but doctors found she's now healthy enough not to need it, Assistant District Attorney Patricia Bailey said Friday.

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If Silvia develops problems while under treatment in India, a court can order her brought back to New York.http://www.kpho.com/story/16911171/mom-who-threw-tot-in-ny-river-can-go-home-to-india