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Man Who Fathered Son With Former Teacher Charged In Deaths Of Woman, Child

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A man who in 2012 fathered a child with his then-high school teacher appeared in court Wednesday for allegedly killing them both in their Hamilton Heights apartment.

Police said 23-year-old Isaac Duran Infante confessed to killing 36-year-old Felicia Barahona and their 4-year-old son, Miguel. The twisted crimes are said to have happened a couple of days before Christmas.

Barahona was found Monday in her apartment with an electrical cord around her neck. Her son was found face down in the bathtub.

Police said Infante was in New York City from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania visiting friends and family for the holidays.

"We have him on video in the hallway pacing back and forth in front of the apartment and that's when he goes in again," NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said. "He leaves at 1 o'clock. We believe it is then that he commits a homicide."

Police say during the confession at the 30th precinct Tuesday, Infante admitted he and his 36 year-old ex-lover "got into an argument" and "he knocked her to the ground in the living room of her third floor apartment."

He allegedly told police she was holding a pair of scissors when she got up. At that point he grabbed a phone cord and strangled her.

In court Wednesday, prosecutors detailed the final moments of the four-year-old's life -- spent watching his mother die. Authorities say little Miguel then went into the bathroom and was crying, asking for his mom right before his Infante strangled him with a computer cord and placed him face down in the bathtub.

Court appointed defense attorney Alan Farbman said it's his job to defend Infante, but "as a human it makes you sad. It's going to affect you."

Police say during his confession, Infante admitted he didn't like how Felicia was raising the child -- things like feeding Miguel a lot of fast food and dressing him in feminine looking clothing. Also, he claimed that Barahona was interfering with his relationship with his new girlfriend.

A 2012 report by school investigators determined the 36-year-old Barahona began a sexual relationship with Duran Infante when he turned 18.

The report found Barahona believed she and Infante would get married before their relationship ended. Barahona was fired as a New York City public school teacher, but she was never arrested for that relationship.

Infante has been charged with two counts of second-degree and one count of first-degree murder.

He's due back in court Friday.

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