Mom jumps off bridge into train tracks after 3-year-old twins are found dead in her car

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (TCD) — A 3-year-old boy and his twin sister were found dead in the back seat of a car moments before their mother jumped from a freeway on-ramp onto train tracks below.

According to WSVN-TV, on Friday, Feb. 2, at approximately 2 a.m., a passerby contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department to say there was an unresponsive juvenile in a vehicle near the on-ramp connecting Interstate 95 to the Florida Turnpike. Someone called again to report there was a second unresponsive child.

The dispatcher reportedly said the children were in cardiac arrest.

WFOR-TV reports Det. Andre Martin said police officers arrived and located the driver, who “went over the railing to the on-ramp onto the railroad tracks.” She has been identified as Shirlene Alcime.

Martin described the space between the on-ramp and the tracks as a “considerable distance.”

Paramedics transported the two children to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

A detective told the Miami Herald the twins, Milendhere Gabriel Napoleon Cadet and Milenjhit Gabriella Napoleon Cadet, did not have any outward signs of trauma.

The children’s father, Milson Cadet, told the Miami Herald he went to work early in the morning on Thursday, and when he returned later that night, he did not see Alcime or the twins. He called Alcime at the office, but she never answered or returned his calls.

Cadet said Alcime is “not someone who has mental problems.” She reportedly owns a business and works closely with the Haitian community.

According to the Miami Herald, Alcime’s landlord reportedly sued her because she missed rent and the landlord said they would evict her. Alcime and the landlord reportedly reached a settlement.

NBC Miami reports Miami-Dade Police said in a news release that Alcime jumped onto the tracks in an attempt to commit suicide. She is reportedly still hospitalized.

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