Mother Charged With Killing Twin Girls Found In Montauk: Cops

MONTAUK, NY — A Medford woman was charged with killing her twin daughters, 2, who were found in a car at a Montauk park Thursday, police said.

According to Suffolk County Police, the children were found at the Montauk County Park Third House Nature Center on Montauk Highway at 4:05 p.m.

A woman called 911 at 2:30 p.m. and told the operator her daughter, Tenia Campbell, 24, was threatening to kill herself and her 2-year-old twin daughters, police said.

The Suffolk County Police Department, assisted by the New York State Police, Suffolk County Park Rangers, Southampton Town Police and East Hampton Town Police conducted a massive countywide search for her, police said.

East Hampton Town Police officers located Campbell at the entrance of the Montauk County Park Third House Nature Center, police said. The officers took Campbell into custody and attempted life-saving efforts on her two children, who were found in the vehicle in cardiac arrest, police said.

The children, Jasmine and Jaida Campbell, were taken by Montauk Ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital where they were pronounced dead, police said.

The Suffolk County Medical Examiner will perform autopsies.

Campbell, of Long Island Ave. in Medford, was transported to East Hampton Town Police headquarters and charged by Suffolk County Homicide Squad detectives with two counts of second degree murder, police said.

She will be held overnight at the East Hampton Town Police headquarters and arraigned at East Hampton Town Justice Court on June 28, police said.