Source: CBS

Two small children have been found stabbed to death inside a Naperville townhouse, and police were questioning a babysitter Wednesday in connection with the case, law enforcement sources said.

One of the babysitter’s children was among the victims in the townhouse in the 800 block of Quin Court, while the other was a mother’s who had left her child with the babysitter Tuesday night and gone to work, the sources said.

The children are a boy and a girl. One of the children was 5 years old, the other 8, the sources said.

Authorities intially believe both children were stabbed dozens of times in their beds, a source said. The boy was found in bed, while the girl was found on the floor nearby, sources said.

Administrators at the schools attended by the two victims communicated with school families Wednesday morning, notifying them of the incident and assuring the families that staff members are in place to help students process the tragedy.

Naperville Community Unit School District 203 spokeswoman Susan Rice said Principal Nick Micensky had been in touch with parents of children who go to Scott Elementary School, where the older of the victims was a student.

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