{"id":332492,"date":"2026-08-29T04:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332492\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T04:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:32:16","slug":"doctors-say-dimone-fleming-who-confessed-to-killing-sons-at-bronx-new-york-city-shelter-was-in-state-of-psychosis-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332492\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors say Dimone Fleming, who confessed to killing sons at Bronx, New York City shelter, was in state of psychosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK — Doctors say the mother who\u00a0confessed to killing her two children at a family shelter<\/a>\u00a0in the Bronx in 2022 suffered from postpartum psychosis.<\/p>\n

A judge has found Dimone Fleming not guilty by reason of insanity for the deaths of her children at a Bronx family shelter in 2022.<\/p>\n

The boys, 3-year-old Daishawn and 11-month-old Octavius, were found with multiple stab wounds in a bathtub.<\/p>\n

Police described her behavior at the time as erratic and the then-22-year-old mother was charged with first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

But mental evaluations conducted by both the prosecution and defense have since determined Fleming was in a state of psychosis and Bronx judge ruled Monday she is “not responsible due to mental disease or defect.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Veerle Bergink is the director of Mount Sinai Women’s Health Center.<\/p>\n

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“The risk for harming the children, as in doing harm or even, you know, ending their lives is is very small,” Bergink said. “But because it’s such a dramatic outcome every time that happens, there is a lot of media attention for this horrific outcome. But if we look at the numbers, then that outcome is actually very rare.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Bergink is an internationally renowned expert in postpartum, mania and psychosis.<\/p>\n

“A lot of things are happening in the body and brain, right after delivery, including there is a major change in hormones,” Bergink said. “There’s a free fall in hormones after delivery, and we think that is partly the trigger.”<\/p>\n

The young mother – suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time – is not being released from custody.<\/p>\n

A new evaluation has been ordered to determine how she might still be a threat to others.<\/p>\n

She is expected back in court on Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

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