Mother Charged With Child Neglect After Allegedly Attempting Suicide, Twins Found Dead In Miami

Shirlene Napoleon Alcime has been charged with child neglect after her three-year-old twins were found dead.

Forty-two-year-old Shirlene Napoleon Alcime, who was alleged by the Miami Dade Police Department of jumping off an overpass in Miami in an attempt to commit suicide on Feb. 2, has been charged with child neglect after her three-year-old twins were found dead. According to People Magazine, the police found her children, Milendhet and Milendhere Napoleon-Cadet, in an unresponsive state and arrested her on Feb. 6. Alcime has been charged with two counts of child neglect causing great bodily harm, according to online jail records. No bond was set for Alcime, and a hearing has been scheduled for Feb. 27.

According to WTVJ, an arrest report details that Alcime told investigators that she had been planning to commit suicide and kill her twins “due to her current financial status and multiple debt(s) that she owes.” The outlet reported that she has faced multiple eviction cases since 2021 and owned multiple businesses in Florida. Pending her toxicology results, the police department told reporters from the Miami Herald that she could face additional charges. WTVJ reports that she allegedly thought about jumping off the ramp while holding her children or throwing them off individually, but she left them in the vehicle while she jumped off herself. Despite attempts to save the children, they were declared dead at the Jackson North Medical Center after they were discovered foaming at the mouth. Alcime informed investigators that she did not know what happened to her children.

Milson Cadet, the father of the twins, told the Herald in Haitian Creole that “Justice will have to do its work,” Cadet said. “I just want to definitely know what happened. I just want to know what happened.” Cadet also said that he is dealing with “great suffering” while he mourns the death of his children. Initially, the children were found in the backseat of Alcime’s SUV at approximately 2 a.m. on Feb. 2 in the northbound lane of I-95 while their mother was taken to the hospital in critical condition.