Overview
- Formal charges were filed after the Investigative Committee questioned the suspect and reported her confession.
- A local court placed her in pre-trial custody for two months, adopting the regional prosecutor's position.
- The victims, reported as ages 3 and 5, were found dead Sunday in the family's apartment in Irkutsk's Leninsky district.
- Authorities have not released a suspected motive or further case details as the investigation continues.
- The regional children's rights commissioner said the family was not on social-service registers and was considered well-off, and a newborn is now with relatives.