A glamorous PhD student charged with murdering her friend’s newborn baby and injuring his infant twin brother could face the death penalty if found guilty of the heinous crime, according to prosecutors. Nicole Virzi, 29, has been accused of killing six-and-a-half-week-old Leon Katz while she was babysitting him at the family’s Pittsburgh home in June.
On Friday, the Allegheny District Attorney’s Office announced in court that it plans to seek death penalty against Virzi. The PhD student is accused of fatally injuring 6-week-old Leon by smashing his skull and resulting in several bleeds to his brain. She is also charged with injuring Leon’s twin brother, Ari, who survived the attack.
Killer Friend and Babysitter
Virzi, 30, was babysitting the infant after Leon’s parents, Ethan Katz and Savannah Roberts, took Ari, his twin brother, to the hospital for injuries that Virzi is also accused of causing.
Prosecutors have announced their plans to seek the death …