'Monster': Ex-PhD student learns fate for killing best friend's 6-week-old baby after revealing disturbing lifelong urge

‘Monster’: Ex-PhD student learns fate for killing best friend’s 6-week-old baby after revealing disturbing lifelong urge


A former University of California San Diego doctoral student pleaded guilty to murdering her best friend’s 6-week-old baby and injuring his twin brother. The woman previously made a chilling admission that “from a very, very young age” she had a compulsion to “hurt kids.”

Nicole Virzi, 32, initially had been charged with capital murder with the possibility of the death penalty.

‘From a very, very young age, I don’t know what it is, but I always had this urge — almost like a compulsion I can’t control — to hurt kids.’

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However, Virzi agreed to a plea deal last week, and she opted to plead guilty to charges of third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and two counts of endangering a child’s welfare, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Virzi now

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