A tragic tale unfolded on February 2 when a mother was charged with child neglect following an incident that left her 3-year-old twins dead, and her surviving a suicide attempt. Shirlene Napoleon Alcime, 42, admitted to a shocking plan to murder her children and then kill herself in light of overwhelming financial troubles, according to police. The twins were found irresponsive in her SUV, which was parked on an overpass of Interstate 95 at the time of the discovery. Local 10 reported that the children were pronounced dead after being transported to Jackson North Medical Center.
Details provided by Alcime indicated that she drove around on February 1, looking for a suitable bridge to jump from. When police sirens were heard, Alcime walked away from her children while they were foaming at the mouth, as per her statement obtained by Local 10. Despite her prior plans of murder-suicide, she flagged down a tow truck driver to call 911 for her twins before she attempted to take her own life.
The events led up to February 2, around 2 a.m., where Napoleon Alcime was finally compelled to take action against her own life and the lives nested in the backseat of that vehicle—the futures they might have held reduced to the backseat of an SUV and an overpass of I-95. It was there when she finally leaped over the overpass railing, landing on train tracks below. Authorities discovered upon arriving at the scene, the young victims showed no obvious signs of physical trauma, WSVN detailed in a report. The devastated mother had planned the crime for months, citing overwhelming financial issues as the motive, and was in a coma following her thwarted suicide attempt.
In a chilling confession from her hospital bed, Alcime declared to officials her intent and meticulous planning for ending the lives of her young son and daughter, Milendhet and Milendhere Napoleon-Cadet. "She admitted to planning for approximately the last two months, the murder of the two victims and her suicide," she allegedly told investigators, as revealed in an interview with authorities and reported by WSVN. Yet, she refused to disclose what substance caused the children to start foaming at the mouth, claiming ignorance during the interrogation.
