The bodies of three infants were found in a filthy, vermin-filled house in Massachusetts only weeks after four children were removed from the home. Detectives are unsure of the infant’s ages, names or genders.
The woman who lived in the home, Erika Murray, 31, was arrested for the living conditions and imitation of a witness charges. Arraignment is scheduled for today.
Detectives investigating a case of reckless endangerment of children found the bodies at the house in Blackstone, 50 miles southwest of Boston on the Rhode Island line. Investigators were wearing hazmat suits in the small home with orange evidence tape over the front door.
“The house is filled with vermin,” said Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr. “We have flies. We have bugs. We have used diapers, in some areas, as much as a foot-and-a-half to two-feet high. The house is in a deplorable condition.”
Early said the four other children, ages 13, 10, 3 and 6 months old were removed from the house Aug. 28 after a neighbor discovered their living conditions notified police. The prosecutor said one of the children in the house approached the neighbor about a child who wouldn’t stop crying. According to Early, the 6-month-old was found lying on a bed, covered with feces.
It is unclear whose the children’s parents are. Early said it’s too soon to file charges for the infant’s death and against whom.