The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the deaths of 3-year-old twins found unresponsive in an SUV on Interstate 95 a homicide, police said. State prosecutors must now decide if their mother will face new felony charges.
Shirlene Alcime, the 42-year-old mother, is being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on two counts of child neglect resulting in great bodily harm. She pleaded not guilty to those charges in March.
On Friday, Miami-Dade police told the Miami Herald they would be meeting with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office to determine if any additional charges will be filed based on the medical examiner’s new findings.
The Miami Herald has requested the official medical examiner report, but it has not been made public.
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On Feb. 2, Milendhet and Milendhere G. Napoleon Cadet were found foaming at the mouth and unresponsive in the car on the I-95’s northbound exit to Florida’s Turnpike extension. Shortly after, Alcime tried to kill herself by jumping off the overpass, but she survived.