A woman has been ordered held without bond on first degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of her two young sons on Thursday.
According to police, 20-year-old Aleah Newell was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder. Newell is accused of killing her two young sons and stabbing her grandfather Thursday before jumping out the window of a South Shore high-rise apartment building.
At a bond hearing Saturday, Newell was ordered held without bond in connection to the case.
According to prosecutors, Newell remains hospitalized with a broken wrist and a broken ankle and underwent surgery on Saturday. A public defender has been appointed to represent her in the case.
If Newell is convicted, she faces a mandatory life sentence, according to prosecutors.
Just after 2 a.m. Thursday, the woman was found along with her 2-year-old son Johntavis Newell on the ground outside a high-rise in the 7200 block of South Shore Drive, according to Chicago police.
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Officers later found 7-month-old Ameer Newell unresponsive in a bathtub inside of an 11th floor apartment in the building. Authorities also found a 70-year-old man inside of the residence who had suffered stab wounds and cuts to his face.
The man told responding officers that his granddaughter stabbed him before jumping out of the window with her son in her arms.
Both children were later pronounced dead at Comer's Children's Hospital.
Johntavis Newell died of multiple blunt force injuries from the fall, while Ameer Newell died of injuries from an assault, the medical examiner’s office said.
