2 young boys dead, mother in critical condition after incident in Scarborough

New details have emerged about a family that is at the centre of a tragic incident in Scarborough that has left two young children dead and their mother critically injured.
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[@dariamancini963]

So heartwarming to see the neighbors truly cared

[@Blastanker]

Sounding like a murder suicide to me

[@kookietherapy9398]

Yeah, but she fuq'd up.

[@Blastanker]

@@kookietherapy9398 I have a bit of sympathy for her. To have gone that far, and only fail in ending herself. That’s gonna be a torturous existence for her if she has any bit of sanity come back to her

[@Jackielocks]

@@Blastanker yes.. I don’t think anyone would do something that desperate and then go off a high balcony ever expecting to come out of it. The guilt from this will be massive. Grief can be all consuming. She may have thought they’d all be together with her husband again? Who knows.. I can’t guess the logic.

[@deborahrose8607]

Murder suicide attempt, even worse

[@KayDejaVu]

Mom has been charged!

[@shinbi6009]

The neighbors seems to love the kids very much.

[@charlenerathgeb8217]

What a tragedy, for everyone. The victims, the family, even the neighbours are so gutted, it brought tears to my eyes.

[@geoh7777]

Beyond sad. Is there a health care failure behind the father's death? Survived bowel cancer then shortly thereafter died of leukemia?

[@maxineb9598]

@@geoh7777 Why should it matter what the father dies from??

[@carolemerle9995]

@@geoh7777 I don't think so. My husband was originally diagnosed with stage IV melanoma and then they found a secondary of lung cancer. So it does happen.

[@lisasuzannekear-ranby8101]

So sorry

[@Annapurna818]

Poor family. Where were relatives to help her and her family? She could not handle her grief and distress.

[@msmichelle2196]

Ppl are selfish especially in the western world ppl don't care and that's reality

[@lisabona7978]

Sometimes there is No one.

[@stargater2892]

@Annapurna818 Judge?

[@susanb4816]

The despair is overwhelming

[@josephalberta1145]

The murdering is strong in this one Obi Wan.

[@dknicely49]

Such a tragedy mother must have been so overwhelmed with grief we as a society must do more to help others

[@darlamartin8486]

🙏🙏🙏💔💔

[@JesusismyRock773]

@traybern Who said he was fifty years older than her? What have you been drinking? He looks to be about 55 years old.

[@scorbunny7737]

​@traybern sorry that you are such a hateful, judgemental person.

[@sbarr10]

Sad beyond words. Sounds like the mother could not cope after the husband's death.

[@Nothing-fp7jg]

Mental health care is appalling in this country. I'm going to take an educated guess this was a murder-suicide situation. Was there any support for this family during the father's cancer treatment and after his passing? I'm guessing not.

[@thisthisandthat7291]

I'm sure it would have been limited to MAID

[@paulpaul5098]

I'm guessing not too. Fjt!!

[@DAndyLord]

@@paulpaul5098 I'm not a fan of the PM but y'all lowering the discourse.

[@bettyrobb8219]

That’s my guess. The mother was desperate after losing her husband.R.I.P. They are with their Dad in heaven. Bless the mother, if she survives she will need constant help.❤️🙏🏽

[@SacredLover21]

@@bettyrobb8219 but she killed her two kids and ur saying she blessed? WTF???

[@lilylee5924]

Sad situation. Children are innocent and their lives should have been spared. Condolences and prayers .

[@Jackielocks]

How Desperate and Alone that Mother had to have felt, IF she did this. We need to start stepping up as a Community and helping each other in times of trouble so things like this Don’t Happen.

[@rally_chronicles]

Where is the rest of her family?

[@danielem0007]

I totally agree!

[@JesgateOnDown]

No one asked you for pity You can "other" yourself all you want. Hopefully you never experience what she & the kids & her husband went through. She likely won't make it either & if she does, she'll wish they hadn't saved her. You wouldn't have helped her after the death of her husband...just like no one else in the video who was crying did. They all regret not reaching out, as you saw in the video. Everyone regrets what happened... You literally have an example of how women don't have all the "support" you think they do.. but sure, whine about thr support you say YOU don't have ... because that was your take away from the story.

[@rally_chronicles]

@@JesgateOnDown adoption

[@T-roc57]

​@-It's a sad situation but you're absolutely right...if the genders were reversed even these liberal women would be calling for the death penalty.

[@catdoganddramaqueen8487]

That poor mother. Grief stricken, overwhelmed and seeing no other alternative she did what she did. Such a tragic outcome.

[@mj24672]

But why harm the children? 😢

[@StarLight-sl9ok]

She probably wanted them to all be together in death. It’s very tragic.

[@janeclayton151]

she may have had a psychotic break caused by severe depression, they detach from reality. Very scary.

[@jaimiesalid3141]

Mental breakdown

[@piespies10]

It looks like shes plans to do murder suicide

[@scorbunny7737]

​@@StarLight-sl9okI believe that is most likely the case. 😢

[@LeafsAndCars]

Heartfelt condolences to the family of those sweet kids.

[@kristentindle3075]

😢 absolutely horrific! My heart and soul goes out to this woman. Rest in peace sweet angels

[@lisasuzannekear-ranby8101]

I feel the same, so sad

[@pamelakoester734]

This is absolutely so mysteriously strange I feel for the extended family and those beautiful, concerned, grieving neighbors.

[@ginag6209]

Right?? Those poor neighbors were taking this hard, their hearts were so broken!!😢

[@livdirrengesuasmatsuoka9843]

Absolutely sad for those innocent helpless beautiful children....they didn't deserve that.😢😢😡

[@suecoelho467]

It’s easy to sit here, hear about this situation and judge this Mom, but we can’t understand what that Mom was going through, losing her husband, how sad she felt she had no one to go to. Depression is real and so is the pain of it.

[@bookofeli4867]

Wait but what happened to the kids though ? Did she do it?

[@TMBpk]

@@bookofeli4867she did….the issue is women just like to make any excuse to get away with crimes.

[@ladyred5468]

@@bookofeli4867of course she did why else would she jump off the balcony, she couldn’t deal with her husband dying so she selfishly took everyone to ‘be with him’

[@Lulusvideos1]

She may have panicked, felt lost after his death, and was in deep depression. So sad.

[@tlee4218]

Agree. Compassion plz. You can never judge a book by its cover. Her husband was older and obviously exposed to some bad chemicals in this hard life to have all that cancer, plus they missed the leukaemia?? Poverty kills and destroys families. Bless her heart. It is all dark now for her with no hope. She just wanted to die.

[@connieboylan9159]

So tragic...sometimes I wish there was no internet..all these deaths of children is hard to bear

[@tindee3052]

Right!

[@mythoughts6922]

Sounds like the mother killed her son's, and then tried to commit suicide. And now she has made things a million times worse for herself and others.

[@cherylschumaker1366]

Horribly Sad ....Rest in Peace family....the family ,community, friends So sorry deepest condolences

[@IrishAnnie]

The poor neighbors are shocked and so upset.

[@Voxguitarsrock]

Absolutely tragic.

[@grandmemaw3605]

I don’t understand why they have to take the children’s lives?

[@paulinelee7986]

Wish she had spared the two children and given them a chance to be adopted by loving n caring adoptive parents. Very sad for what she went through and the two innocent children

[@Samanta-van-laar]

​​​@@paulinelee7986 i think because here husband died she wanted to go with him and take the Kids with her to not leave them alone

[@KH-nt7ej]

I was shocked at the age difference between the mother and father. 25 and 72?? What's up with that.

[@GD-xc4wg]

Right Me too It looked more like her grandpa!

[@kaleeysmith8801]

it's scarborough, you know it's poverty area. It's about transactions, when she met him. Probably fell in love after a few years with the old geezer cause she liked him afterwards.

[@silentnight9655]

I wonder about the husband's illnesses.

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@KH-nt7ej I got strong Father>Daughter incest vibes from this story. Shouldn't say so - but not unheard of in this community.

[@blueblaze9862]

Besides the point

[@NatureEllaJ]

Poor children 🙏 May they rest in peace 🌹

[@suzannelacy8093]

With Foster Care , Children's Homes and Adoption Agencies having a nightmarish reputation for abuse and lack of Care the poor mother probably snapped . Could another person have committed these horrific acts ?

[@crazychick6666]

Absolutely heartbreaking 😢

[@Daria-dp8to]

How horrible, prayers and condolences for the family. Who could do this to such innocence? Bless those Angels in Heaven with their dad ❤

[@annawell2517]

Don’t judge until you live in someone else’s shoes 😢.

[@zlatkostevanovic5891]

@@annawell2517 always judge

[@GD-xc4wg]

Seems its her but who knows Very sad , tragic , terrible

[@bigbrisk8423]

Lol religion don't help ppl bro😂😂 get outta here with that crap😂😂

[@Earthlybeing396]

@@bigbrisk8423you’re so edgy🎉🎉 grow up

[@angiepellar6441]

Very devastating,very sad🙏

[@breezeh1127]

These were 2 very loved little kids for all those who met them to remember them with such love and heartbreak😢💔

[@Nikki61219]

If you're going to take your life, which is tragic, for heavens' sake, don't take the lives of the innocent 😢

[@dinahcolbert9103]

Those children was truly loved my the neighbors. My heart aches as if I knew them. My condolences to family and friends 😢

[@verumbellator6899]

Heartbreaking.

[@liza8423]

Poor lady...she must be devastated at the loss of her husband that she took her life after taking her sons' life 😢

[@TawnyC_]

How incredibly sad.

[@darylkimpton2915]

That's so sad I'll be praying for the families

[@Findpepperbridge]

Wait.. she’s 25 and her husband looks 65!? Did she do this? They aren’t really saying what happened

[@shadowofbosstown]

Ofc not. No one deals with the truth.

[@rmonson5002]

Looks like a Greek arranged marriage.

[@AmazinGraceXOXO1]

I mean he’s dead. So it wasn’t him.

[@tinacollins2055]

The loss of a loved one or partner can bring on consuming grief that for some is just to difficult to deal with.

[@shadowofbosstown]

She murdered her own kids!

[@maggieb369]

Poor woman and children! She must have felt so desperate

[@pinksugarcookies71]

We need to do better as a country for mental health. I’m sure she tried to get help but there are no supports. Tragic situation.

[@isay207]

There's lots of support

[@pinksugarcookies71]

@@isay207 there is not.

[@itzelurias3617]

@@isay207of course, if you pay for it….

[@evelineyy]

'Mental health' isn't an excuse or justification for murder

[@Earthlybeing396]

@@pinksugarcookies71there’s no justification for this.

[@annettemoolman6504]

Truly heartbreaking. 😢😢😢

[@carolwoodruff7990]

anyone in that state of mind doesnt realize there is help out there. reach out to anyone. but its hard when they r at that stage to seek help unless someone is with them at that time to help... this is so sad

[@ChristineGunton]

Unfortunately the help isn't always readily available 😢

[@mmay6621]

@@ChristineGunton she was able to set up a gofundme page tho.

[@traceyf4842]

You can be reaching out for help, but nobody cares because it isn't them that is going through that horrible pain.

[@Benice22]

What a sad situation. 😢😢😢

[@brakeme1]

Being overwhelmed is by definition…too much! And no one around you will care.

[@M.C.Blackwell]

Her husband died a month ago, and she probably had no money to feed them or pay the rent and acted out of desperation.

[@HeronPoint2021]

this entire apt. building looks like it's a subsidized/new arrival setup. and this is Canada: two kids and a husband just passed?? loads of safety net programs. but you can't anticipate depression.

[@brendaedwards535]

⁠@@HeronPoint2021 you have obviously never needed a safety net or help for mental illness. I would think you could anticipate depression under the circumstances.

[@M.C.Blackwell]

@@HeronPoint2021 or grief

[@josephalberta1145]

Family, adoption. There are other ways besides murder.

[@nbaoldgirl]

Does Canada do a social security death benefit ($) for children like they do in the U.S.? 2 fatherless children here from the same family get around 4k a month

[@lindawilliams8067]

So sad especially at this time of year , two little ones gained there wings , but taken way to soon love to the family ❤

[@tracyisland65]

so very sad. sending love and healing from London, England XX

[@plicketyplunk]

I just can't fathom. Unspeakable tragedy😢

[@Ontheroxxwithsalt]

If she was desperate and lonely before, imagine how she will feel now?

[@mysterycheez]

How heartbreaking! What happened? I sure hope the mystery gets solved, and soon!

[@ninacastillo1304]

So she took her kids lives then try to to take her own "?! How Sad 😮😢💔🤬🕊️🕊️

[@KyleLambing]

Geez that lady couldn't bother to turn the TV off for 30 seconds while her husband gives an interview about their neighbours who JUST DIED

[@canolli2944]

I hope the mother wasn’t so depressed that she decided to take their own lives. I don’t think there was break and entry , it’s such a tragedy

[@yippyfknskippy7340]

Most likely the reason why this happened and the cops had to break into the apartment to enter.

[@myopinion6092]

what was up? the guy husband was Way to old for that young woman.

[@ryandubyah2345]

I certainly know how it sounds to me, but I seriously hope I’m wrong. Those poor kids though, no child should ever have to die. There are no words to help in tragedy like this, as a proud father of two I genuinely feel it when things like this happen.

[@maryannsarkady7950]

Prayers for this family 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@armandoxhindoli4227]

It sounds like a double murder suicide attempt.

[@PlugzZMontana3M]

Poor kiddos😢

[@warmwomyn]

Grief, depression, please reach out. Talk to someone.

[@wheepingwillow24u17]

AND NO ONE THOUGHT TO GET THE MOTHERS TAKE ON THIS ISSUE?

[@yippyfknskippy7340]

The mother that is in critical condition? You can't be serious.

[@shellz831]

3:57-3:59 is as accurate as can be. numb into speechless

[@sandrasekulich7506]

😢Heart breaking...

[@daleboaden2968]

This is so sad. Praying for the families and all of the surrounding neighbor's. Everyone cared so much.

[@WendyQallab]

There are many agencies that can help. She should have asked for help. Those poor children.

[@Karolinactually]

Is there though? Have you personally looked into it yourself. Most women are told to save up at least 10,000$ before leaving an abusive spouse. There is not much help out their. Just yesterday I saw a women post a go fund me to help her survive with her daughter after leaving an abusive spouse. There is no social safety net program past an immediate crisis.

[@Flipper86]

@@KarolinactuallyThere are shelters and crisis centers in almost all large communities. They provide housing, counseling and support to establish a new home. She was grieving, so not in her right mind. Prayers for their friends and family.

[@sandraross4770]

Bless this sweet family ❤❤❤😢😢

[@travelnomad2128]

Maybe it's a murder-suicide but the suicide part isn't successful?

[@Sunshine-lo6vd]

Yup

[@M.Vautier]

This is the true definition of a tragedy...

[@Charlotte66666]

Incredibly sad ❤

[@connieflores7362]

Sorry for your loss

[@staceydowning4476]

Heartbreaking 💔 sending my condolences

[@sandreawhite7534]

How tragic.

[@csho6512]

Godamn, nothing can be done to fix this, it will last for ever.... You can't fix things like this.

[@nbaoldgirl]

😔😔😔💔

[@suzannec8400]

My deepest condolences 💐

[@beachbaby1427]

I really can't muster a whole lot of sympathy for this woman. We lost a son 3 1/2 years ago and the reason im still on earth is because of my other 2 sons. That's not to say i haven't struggled to stay alive but I would never hurt my kids.

[@SIP123abc]

Great for you that you were able to keep it together. Bad for you that you are unsympathetic judgmental heartless mean spirited.

[@tednoonan2480]

Little angels bless them they are with their father pray mother will be alright 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SherryRector]

Such a tragic thing.

[@Trainfeastfast]

Murder suicide. She was so grief stricken, and now will spend her life in jail. Sad.

[@myraselby9947]

Prayers for family and friends so aorry this happened 🙏

[@7018bluegrass]

Just a sad sad lonely depressing hard situation, survive to go to trial then prison? Geez she needed to ask for help. Someone would’ve intervened. That gal needed serious depression help the signs had to be there!

[@shelleycarefoot2]

How sad.

[@nanof3593]

So sad 😢

[@everydaylifewithmoua9817]

He die dont he have social security benefits for his kids and if they were married wouldn't the wife gets some too? If it's about money that she did what she did.

[@Grandmaw-knows-b3st]

So tragic.😢😢

[@angelbaybi997]

Oh how horrific

[@Noah-hd2je]

Why is the reporting such poor quality? It's hard to tell what even happened. Please be more clear and concise.

[@BB-ed4om]

They explain literally everything. Police went to apartment of a mother and two sons who recently lost their father. Mother was on ground outside of apartment, critically injured. Her two sons were in apartment with no vital signs. We don’t know who did it or why. We can only guess and assume. But the reporting was as clear as it gets. There was zero information missing. You just want everything said to you in slow motion with step by step illustrated pictures.

[@Monitice]

@@BB-ed4om Don't forget that they need it to be told in a very clickbaity manner and must be presented with gameplay footage from subway surfers.

[@bettyrobb8219]

@@BB-ed4om The mother is recovering and is charged on 2 counts of murder, I just read that on Apple News.🇨🇦

[@LuisaD93]

Y’all sure are assuming a whole lot. Let them investigate. Things aren’t always how they appear. If it is in fact what you think, then speak on it because right now? You’re just speculating.

[@danaharris5357]

This is without a doubt the worst news report ive heard.

[@lameas66]

Thats so sad

[@gbaca07]

Still don't know what happened?

[@moonstar63]

A tragedy losing her husband and the children losing their father. It'll be interesting to see the outcome. If she did cause the deaths of her own children... that's horrifying and should be fully prosecuted. No excuses.....

[@cincin9509]

Heartbreaking 💔

[@natesportyboy4939]

If the mother ends up not being dead, she will be on the inside. When you're a parent, you're supposed to get your angel wings before your children do, not the other way around.

[@S3xOnWheels]

Angel wings? Are you serious? You have to have practical solution , and not go to insane religious dogma.

[@vikingmike8139]

@@S3xOnWheels Thanks for stepping up and calling [it] out like it truly is. That 'angel wings' magical thinking stems from pure social retardation.

[@Fuzzy-_-Logic]

@@S3xOnWheels Well if the mother thought of things that way as dogmatic as it may be those children would still be alive. Take your pants and pull them up to your waist line and then tighten that belt.

[@RelaxWithDog]

I think he is saying "angel wings" mostly as an euphemism - not necessarily some religious statement@@S3xOnWheels

[@Butterrcuppp]

@@S3xOnWheelsand you have to have better grammar and stop putting spaces before your commas.

[@denniss8048]

After 8 years of Justin Trudeau......

[@pennwoman]

Father who died looks old enough to be a grandfather!

[@heathercloete7450]

So sad. 💔

[@govegan6112]

That father is in his 60s....something here isn't right.

[@jaimiesalid3141]

Thats a thought. But women marry older men.

[@govegan6112]

@@jaimiesalid3141 40 years older.....i don't think so. He probably got her from eastern Europe

[@batacumba]

@@jaimiesalid3141 yeah and why does that usually happen, huh? Cause some women are trying to find financial stability, don’t act like it’s for love.

[@bronzemen34]

Why did you have to hurt the kids?…..why???…..so tragic

[@teresab126]

Very sad! ❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@effkay3691]

How very cruel she survived the fall.

[@robertacurrell8786]

😢 Yes, it is. Even that didn’t work out for her.

[@knighttoking7926]

Its as if something is causing the incredible number of "aggressive" forms of Cancer.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Gee I wonder if it's related to anything that happened recently? Something big?

[@GuessWhooou]

Yes, the vacc is wrecking lives, ruining families and causing all these despair

[@geniepardy6800]

So much of ripple effects happens of the impacts of such side effects.. innocent lives gone, families destroyed

[@annduggan5135]

What changed to cause these turbo cancers.

[@HeronPoint2021]

@@annduggan5135 nothing. "turbo" cancers rarely make the news, as there is nothing you can do about them. I've had friends as young as 30 die very quickly. there's nothing medical science or fund raising can do for a fast acting disease: there's no time to work with.