LAKEWOOD, N.J. — According to court documents and statements from the lawyer representing a Lakewood mother who stabbed one of her children and drowned that child and another, is blaming a long term mental illness on the tragic event. Naomi Elkins, 27, faces charges including two counts of murder after allegedly drowning her daughters, aged 1 and 3, following disturbing thoughts she described as religiously motivated, according to recently filed charging documents.  Elkins reportedly told police she, “believed that she needed to kill the children for religious purposes.” Elkins, a mother of two, reportedly returned home from work at Lakewood … Continue reading Lawyer for Lakewood Mother Who Killed Her Children for Religious Reasons Cites Mental Illness