The allegations surfaced after Jennifer Wolfthal's adopted daughter was brought to the hospital with a chipped tooth, two black eyes, a cut to her lip, pneumonia, a staph infection and was also suffering from renal and liver failure.
A neighbor recalled that Deepak Kulkarni was behaving differently shortly before he, Arti Adya Kulkarni and their sons, Shubham and Sharvil, were found shot to death in their basement.
Olga Freeman, the former spouse of photographer Dean Freeman, admitted to killing her son Dean by feeding him pills and sticking a sponge in his mouth, obstructing his breathing. She had struggled with her own mental health problems, according to prosecutors.
“Mental health is serious. I hope one day someone will help others like me. Mental health is not to joke about or taking lightly. When someone begs, pleads, cries out for help, please help them. You just might save a life or more lives,” Oreanna Myers wrote in a note titled “My Confession.”
Svetlana Nikitina Yamburg and her 11-year-old daughter were found dead in their Sunnyvale home, having sustained significant head trauma. Leonid Yamburg is now facing charges.