now they were called thereby palima who made statement to police on the phone she may have harmed the children, when officers walked into the home, they saws bodies of theittle boys in the water in the tub. now originally, it was believed thatal chiren. that's what she said t policeauw that she is theiological mom her of ther month old a five year old. both boys recently from the home just few days a. police elaborate onha just. >> the father at this time is incarcerated in york pennsylvania. he was pick up on an ice federal authorities pick him up october 6. lld he has been incarcerated weot of bot children. >>asotive, ats press, police said pal ima was worried about her own status here in the state. she was here on a vis shwas possi that she me she called police a couple of hours before they found the two young boys, dead in their homes, she called them a few hours ahead of time. worried about her status here in the united states. now, palima has been charged with two count of firsteg murder, put for $2il reporting live in alicia, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> very sa you. >>> in oth

prosecutors say 30 year old kula palima drowned her three and a half month old son, solomon, and also drowned his five year old son alex, one of horrific circumstances. police in wilmington re spooned dollars, there is the scene, 800 block every west ninth street. they say palima, liberian, worried about her immigration status and she had some good reason to be concerned because she thought she might be arrested. authorities had already arrested her boyfriends only days before on immigration charges. he's already in custody in jail. police say that when they got there to talk with her about her concerns, they did see one of the children, the five year old, they did not feel at the time the children were in danger, but only hours later, they came back to a heart breaking scene after she called 911. >> she was pretty matter of fact about the ad mission that the two children were dead. our officers discovered them in the back bathtub. >> having kids myself, i mean, i can't even imagine what would bring someone to do something like that. >> a small memorial now, there, growing outside of

he expressed concerns about palima. >> reporter: requests for waivers to allow him to visit delawareere denied. according to court services in delaware the probation officer was following federal law. apel was arrested and detained by i.c.e. for a lapse in his immigration status. >> it's a complete disregard for due process. >> reporter: now his sons are dead. he says, if he was home it could have been avoided. >> when were alive. i never missed any opportunity to show them, you know, that love. >> reporter: nbc10 news. >>> officials say his request would have to be made prior to moving and would take months to authorize. apel was on probation for leaving his son at home unattended when the child was 3 years old. >>> a scare in the air this afternoon for passengers on a flight from philadelphia to orlando. the american airlines plane had an indicator light come on in the cockpit. no one was hurt. >>> pennsylvania lawmakers are preparing to work late into the night, scrambling to push through a massive borrowing and casino gambling measure hoping over how to fix the state's budget def

is tragic reasons involved in this whole thing, prosecutors say, she's 30 years old, her name kula palima drowned her three and a half month old son solomon, baby she had with her boyfriends, and then drowned his five year old son alex. had been watching them both. we'll explain. because wilmington police had actually gone to that home hours before the tragedy. it is right there in west ninth street. early monday. she is liberian, from liberian worried about her immigration status. she was worried they would come and arrest her, didn't know what would happen with the children, she was real upset. afraid the police would arrest her because they had already arrested her boyfriend only days earlier, on immigration charges. they saw the five year old child and at the time they didn't feel like those children were any danger bus just hour hours later dead. heart breaking scene there when they arrived. she actually called 911, and told police, what had occurred, they say. >> she was pretty matter of fact about the ad mission that the two children our officers discovered them in the back bathtub