Amber Pasztor pleads guilty to killing her children
By: Melissa Hudson
Posted: Jun 1, 2017 10:03 AM EDT

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The woman who kidnapped her children in September 2016, smothered them, then went to the Elkhart Police Department pleaded guilty to their murders in court Thursday morning.
During the hearing, the judge ruled Pasztor competent to stand trial.
After the determination was made she entered a guilty plea in the deaths of both of her children, Lilliana Hernandez and Rene Pasztor. She pleaded guilty but mentally ill.
Sentencing will be June 29. She could face up to 65 years in prison on each count.
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