"I am finished, my children are dead." A woman publishes a bloodied video after the stabbing of two children

By Marlene LenthangNBC

A 4-year-old girl has died and a 2-year-old boy is in critical condition after allegedly being stabbed by a woman in what local police say is a "caretaker-related" incident this Sunday morning in New Orleans, Louisiana. ).

Officers responded to a stabbing call at 11 a.m. and learned upon arrival that the two boys had "stab wounds to their bodies," police said.

Images of the exterior scene where the incident occurred.NBC News

The children were taken in a private car to a hospital, where the girl died.

Janee Pedescleaux, 31, was booked on suspicion of second-degree murder, attempted murder, and second-degree cruelty to a minor.

Police have not reported her relationship with the minors.

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Investigators believe Pedescleaux is the person featured in a video shared on Instagram on Sunday that showed a woman speaking to the camera with blood visible on her body and on her shirt, a law enforcement source told NOLA.com. .

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"I'm done. My kids are dead. I'm done. I'm done with life,"

the woman says in the video, which was later deleted.

Police have not said if that woman is Pedescleaux.

Johnny Arvie, a Baptist pastor in the area, said the crime took place next to his church during Sunday service. “I gave my card to a family member so he could call me, but that's all I can do. .

And pray for the family and the community," Arvie told the NBC News affiliate in New Orleans. 

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"It's sad.

I am concerned about mental illness in our community and in our city,” Arvie said.

Pedescleaux was booked into the Orleans Parish Jail.