Vanessa Collias killed 2 kids Yiannis and Mimi at Scarborough

Vanessa Collias, Toronto woman, Scarborough mom charged with murder in deaths of her two children named: Yiannis,5, and Mimi, 4, and attempting suicide at Scarborough apartment.

A 25-year-old woman has been charged with murder in connection with the deaths of her two young children in Scarborough.

In a news release on Friday, Toronto police announced that they had laid two counts of first-degree murder against Vanessa Collias.

According to police, Collias fell from a balcony of an apartment building on Glamorgan Avenue, in the area of Kennedy and Ellesmere roads, on the evening of Dec. 10.

She was subsequently located by responding officers on the ground, suffering from critical injuries.

On Friday, police confirmed that the boys’ deaths had been ruled homicides, and as a result, charges were brought against their mother, who appeared in court via telephone and was remanded into custody.

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