Dimone Fleming, mother of 2 children stabbed to death in the Bronx, awaits arraignment on murder charges
NEW YORK - The mother of two children who were found dead in a bathtub Saturday remains hospitalized and has yet to be arraigned.
A makeshift memorial sits outside the Mount Hope shelter where 3-year-old Dashawn Fleming and 11-month-old Octavius Fleming-Canada were found dead.
The boys' mother, 22-year-old Dimone Fleming, also known as Brenda, was taken into custody when officers responded to a call of an emotionally disturbed woman acting erratically.
The boys were found after a second 911 call.
"The police came. The ambulance came. They took her away and didn't check on my grandkids. How were they supposed to come into a family structure and not worry about the family structure at all?" said Dwane Fleming.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Administration for Children's Services said "the safety and well-being of New York City's children is our top priority. We are investigating this case with the NYPD."
