07/08/2003 - In the minutes before Naomi Marie Gaines kissed her babies and threw them into the Mississippi River, she pushed them in a stroller up and down the Wabasha Street Bridge in St. Paul, yearning to see a friendly face or other single moms.
She wanted to join the Taste of Minnesota celebration on nearby Harriet Island, but instead she succumbed to the alienation she felt on the bridge. Suddenly, she wanted to kill herself and she didn't want to leave her twin 14-month-old boys behind in a hostile world.
That's what Gaines told police in an interview made public Monday in a second-degree murder charge filed against her in Ramsey County District Court.
Before heading for downtown, Gaines and the boys -- Sincere Understanding Allah and Supreme Knowledge Allah -- had been at a family picnic at Battle Creek Regional Park in St. Paul.
The 24-year-old mother, whom rescuers pulled from the river along with one of her sons, appeared in court Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea in the death of Sincere Understanding. She is being held in the county jail in lieu of $500,000 bail, with her next court appearance scheduled for July 21.
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She wanted to join the Taste of Minnesota celebration on nearby Harriet Island, but instead she succumbed to the alienation she felt on the bridge. Suddenly, she wanted to kill herself and she didn't want to leave her twin 14-month-old boys behind in a hostile world.
That's what Gaines told police in an interview made public Monday in a second-degree murder charge filed against her in Ramsey County District Court.
Before heading for downtown, Gaines and the boys -- Sincere Understanding Allah and Supreme Knowledge Allah -- had been at a family picnic at Battle Creek Regional Park in St. Paul.
The 24-year-old mother, whom rescuers pulled from the river along with one of her sons, appeared in court Monday afternoon but did not enter a plea in the death of Sincere Understanding. She is being held in the county jail in lieu of $500,000 bail, with her next court appearance scheduled for July 21.
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