Important Takeaways:

• The New Jersey mother accused of drowning her daughters, ages 1 and 3, told investigators she “needed to kill the children for religious purposes” after having “concerning thoughts” days leading up to the Tuesday night attacks at her Lakewood apartment that also included stabbing one of the girls.
• “The sad truth is Naomi Elkins has a well-documented history of severe mental illness which has absolutely played a major role in these devastating events,” the family’s statement said.
• Elkins told investigators she used a serrated knife to stab the 1-year-old girl in the stomach and back before she placed the child on a couch while she ran a bath, authorities said.
• Medics called police and performed CPR on the girls, but both were pronounced dead at the scene minutes later.

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