An Ambridge woman accused of killing her two children in February will plead guilty next week, according to the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office. Krisinda Bright, 49, will plead guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in a Dec. 14 plea hearing, District Attorney David Lozier said in a statement.
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Authorities in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, say Krisinda Ann Bright, 48, shot and killed her own two children, left her unloaded gun on her dining room table, called 911, and waited on her front porch for officers to arrive.
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Authorities in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, say
Krisinda Ann Bright, 48, shot and killed her own two children, left her unloaded gun on her dining room table, called 911, and waited on her front porch for officers to arrive.
When they did, they asked Bright if she was bleeding. She said she wasn’t. She said the blood on her hands, arms, and clothing was from her slain children.
According to online court records reviewed by Law&Crime, Bright, of Ambridge, is now charged with two counts of criminal homicide. She’s behind bars pending further proceedings; a judge denied bail.
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Police in Beaver County described a “gruesome scene” at an Ambridge home where they said a woman shot and killed her two children Monday afternoon before unloading the gun, placing it on her dining room table and calling police to tell them what she’d done.
Krisinda Ann Bright, 48, called police just after 1:30 p.m. and told the dispatcher she’d shot and killed her children, according to a criminal complaint filed against her.
Authorities identified the children as Jasmin Cannady, 22, and 16-year-old Jeffrey Bright.