EARLY BIRD OR FLEEING FELON? GLAM PHD BABYSITTER CHARGED IN INFANTS MURDER, LEAVING 5 AM
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 11 September 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
PhD student Nicole Virzi remains in custody on charges of homicide, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare of children.
While visiting friends in Pittsburgh, Virzi cared for 6-week-old twins to give the mother a break. Both boys ended up in the hospital, and one died. EMTs transported Leon Katz and his father to the hospital shortly before midnight, but Nicole Virzi did not stay long.
She was seen returning to her Airbnb just before 1 a.m., struggling to unlock the door. By 5 a.m., Virzi appeared to be preparing to leave town. Security footage captured her making what seemed to be a hasty exit less than five hours later.
Although she was booked for two more nights at the apartment, Virzi appeared to be leaving. She was seen on security video leaving the building at 5:45 a.m. She reached for her phone and made a call while standing on the sidewalk.
At 5:47 a.m., Leon Katz was pronounced dead. Three minutes later, at 5:50 a.m., police arrived at the Airbnb, and two officers approached Virzi on the sidewalk, quickly placing her in a patrol car. She was then transported to police headquarters, where she agreed to questioning without an attorney present.
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- Jarrett Ferentino – Pennsylvania Attorney/Homicide Prosecutor; Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino; Host: “True Crime Boss” Podcast
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- Dr. Kendall Crowns – Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth) and Lecturer: University of Texas Austin and Texas Christian University Medical School
- Alexis Tereszchuk - CrimeOnline Investigative ReporterÂ
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| 0:36.0 | Early Bird or fleeing felon. |
| 0:39.0 | The gland PhD babysitter charged in an infant's murder caught leaving her Airbnb around 5 a.m. |
| 0:48.8 | shrouded in darkness. Why? I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:55.8 | A Pittsburgh family with newborn twin babies asks a long-time friend to babysit. Matters take a turn for the worse. |
| 1:06.0 | Well that's certainly an understatement. One of the infants is dead. The other |
| 1:12.0 | injured in the groin area with scratches and swelling. So knowing |
| 1:18.1 | that your good friend's children are in danger, why would you try to bail out in the dark of the we hours of the |
| 1:28.6 | morning? |
| 1:30.6 | Take a listen. |
| 1:31.6 | Arriving back at her Airbnb at 1253 a.m. |
| 1:34.3 | Nicole Verzi is seen on security video less than five hours later as she appears to be |
| 1:38.8 | making a hasty exit. |
| 1:40.4 | Even though she was booked for two more nights at the apartment, Berzi appears to be leaving. |
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