What could have prompted Krystal Cascetta, a renowned oncologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, to shoot her child Saturday morning around 7 a.m., then turn the gun on herself in the baby’s room? from the family home? At 40, the specialist in hematology oncology was known to everyone in Somers, a town in Westchester County (New York) where she lived in an opulent residence.
According to local press reports reported by The Parisian, Dr. Cascetta’s parents were present in the house at the time of the tragedy, while her husband was absent. “The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations is investigating a murder-suicide in the town of Somers,” authorities said in a news release.
“The Mount Sinai community is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of a health care physician and her child. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and patients of Dr. Cascetta, ”reacted the hospital which employed him on Saturday evening. According to the elements she had shared online, Krystal Cascetta, married to a 37-year-old entrepreneur, had given birth in March. The police have not yet offered any possible explanation for his actions.