Nicole Virzi was convicted or confessed to the murder of a newborn twin while staying with the parents.

Nicole Virzi entered a guilty plea to third-degree murder, child endangerment, and aggravated assault regarding the death of a six-week-old infant named Leon Katz. Court reporting from WPXI confirmed that Virzi took a plea deal while babysitting the twin boys for family friends.wpxi.comwpxi.comWoman takes plea deal for killing friend’s 6-week-old infant & injuring baby’s...While she was babysitting their six-week-old twin boys, one of the twins, Leon Katz, suffered severe skull fractures and brain bleeds and subsequently died The other twin brother, Ari, was found to have multiple injuries (including...

Additional coverage noted that the surviving twin brother, Ari, suffered severe injuries including swelling and scratches while under Virzi's care.post-gazette.compost-gazette.comNicole Virzi Homicide Death PenaltyThe other twin brother, Ari, was found to have multiple injuries (including scratches and swelling) sustained while in Virzi's care

Celebrity and news reporting outlets such as TMZ corroborated that Virzi, formerly a doctoral student at UC San Diego, pleaded guilty to the fatal beating of the infant.tmz.comtmz.comUC San Diego PhD Student Pleads Guilty to Beating 6-Week-Old Child to DeathThe claim that Nicole Virzi was convicted of and confessed to the murder of a newborn twin while staying with the parents is true The Confession:* During police interrogations, Virzi provided a video-recorded statement confessing to the abuse