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Mount Sinai oncologist Krystal Cascetta, 40, and her infant daughter die in Somers, NY, home

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Krystal P. Cascetta

Krystal P. Cascetta, a 40-year-old New York City oncologist, and her 4-month-old infant daughter were found dead at a home in Somers, NY, Aug. 5 in what police describe as a possible murder-suicide.

“The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Somers are investigating a murder/suicide in the town of Somers, NY. A preliminary investigation revealed that at approximately 7am, Krystal Cascetta entered her child’s room and shot her baby and then turned the gun on herself. The scene is consistent with a murder/suicide.”

According to her Mount Sinai profile, Cascetta was an assistant professor of medicine within the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and site chief of the Mount Sinai Queens Infusion Center.

“We extend our deepest sympathies at this sad moment to Dr. Cascetta’s family, friends, colleagues and patients,” Mount Sinai officials said in a statement.

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