Woman pleads guilty to murdering best friend's 6-week-old son, said she had compulsion to harm kids

A woman driven by a compulsion to harm children admitted in a Pittsburgh court on Wednesday that she murdered her best friend’s infant son, in a plea agreement that’ll likely keep this “monster” in prison for life. Nicole Virzi, 32, had been charged with capital murder with the possibility of the death penalty before opting to plead guilty to third-degree murder and other charges. She was sentenced to 35 to 80 years behind bars. “Although this office was committed to pursuing this case to trial and its ultimate conclusion, after continued and on-going consultation with the family and considering the best interest of the community and its protection we agreed to offer the above plea and sentence,” according to a statement by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. The killer, a University of California San Diego doctoral student, was a close friend of the victim’s mother, Savannah Roberts. She had been visiting Pittsburgh and help babysit Roberts’ newborn twins, L