Claims extracted
28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
4 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
66/100
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A California PhD student accused of beating a friend’s newborn baby made a bone-chilling admission to cops after they arrested her for child abuse, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → accuse → abuse
Nicole Virzi, who went to UC San Diego and was weeks away from earning the prestigious academic credentials, took a plea deal Wednesday in the death of her “former best friend’s” six-week-old baby.
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who → go → baby
Virzi allegedly admitted to cops in a 13-hour-long interrogation following the baby’s death that she has long controlled a disturbing compulsion: an urge to kill kids.
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she → admit → kids
“From a very, very young age, I don’t know what it is, but I always had this urge – almost like a compulsion I can’t control – to hurt kids,” she allegedly told cops.
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she → know → cops
Virzi admitted to killing Leon Katz and injuring his twin brother back in 2024, pleading guilty to third-degree criminal homicide and to injuring the other infant.
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Virzi → admit → infant
She was facing a potential death sentence if she had been convicted of first-degree murder.
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she → face → murder
The family of the slain infant wanted to avoid a trial.
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family → slay → trial
A Pittsburgh police officer who said he responded to the couple’s home told The Daily Mail he was disappointed in the plea deal.
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he → say → deal
It’s pretty amazing,” he said.
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he → ’ → ?
‘We know she did it.
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she → know → it
She confessed to it.”
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She → confess → it
Allegheny County Deputy District Attorney Emma Schoedel said they made the deal in part to honor the family’s wishes.
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they → say → wishes
“This was a horrific case in which Virzi used her trusted relationship with the Roberts/Katz family to place herself in a situation where she could commit her horrendous acts.
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she → use → acts
Throughout the criminal justice process, the Roberts/Katz family has continued to endure crushing emotional pain and grief,” the DA’s office said in a statement.
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office → continue → statement
Virzi allegedly had been watching the infant while her former friend, Savannah Roberts, took little Leon’s twin brother to a hospital with an injury to his genitals, according to police.
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friend → watch → police
Police later learned that Virzi caused the injury.
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Virzi → learn → injury
She claimed the other child suffered the fatal injuries after she left him alone in a bouncer seat to get a baby bottle in the kitchen.
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she → claim → kitchen
The alleged killer then heard him screaming and returned to see he had fallen on his head, she claimed.
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she → hear → head
Leon Katz, who was six weeks old, suffered a severe skull fracture and brain bleeds that caused his death.
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that → suffer → death
The PhD candidate later told police that she abused the young child and his brother.
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she → tell → child
“So when I was alone with (Leon), I shook him a couple times – hard.
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I → shake → him
And I dropped him a couple times – hard,” she said during the interrogation, also admitting to flipping him upside down on the bathroom floor.
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she → drop → floor
“Something just came over me.
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Something → come → me
I couldn’t control it,” Virzi said.
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Virzi → control → it
“I’m telling you this because I can’t keep lying about it.”
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I → tell → it
She initially claimed innocence through a lawyer before the plea deal.
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She → claim → deal
Virzi did not speak during her plea hearing, but her defense attorney said, “No words of apology would be sufficient.”
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words → speak → apology
The 32-year-old has been ordered to serve a minimum of 35 years and a maximum of 80 years in state prison.
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old → order → prison
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