HOUSTON —
A lady and her boyfriend had been arrested Tuesday within the loss of life of the girl’s 8-year-old son, whose skeletal stays had been discovered inside a Houston-area condominium with three surviving however apparently deserted siblings, officers stated.
Brian W. Coulter, the 31-year-old boyfriend of the lifeless kid’s mom, was charged Tuesday with homicide. The mom, Gloria Y. Williams, 35, was charged with felony damage to a baby by omission, and tampering with proof (human corpse), Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted Tuesday night time.
Each had been booked into the Harris County Jail with out bond pending appearances earlier than a Justice of the Peace. It was not instantly clear if the 2 had attorneys. Gonzalez stated extra expenses are potential.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston, which conducts all autopsies within the county, listed the first explanation for loss of life as “homicidal violence with a number of blunt power accidents.”
Michele Arnold, a spokeswoman for the institute, stated her company couldn’t present extra particulars.
Deputy Thomas Gilliland, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff’s Workplace, additionally stated he couldn’t instantly present any extra info as a result of his company was nonetheless investigating the loss of life.
One of many surviving siblings, a 15-year-old, known as the sheriff’s division Sunday and instructed authorities his brother had been lifeless for a 12 months and the physique was contained in the condominium, in response to the legislation enforcement company.
Deputies discovered the teenager and two different siblings, ages 10 and seven, residing alone within the condominium, Gonzalez stated. The 15-year-old instructed authorities his dad and mom had not lived within the condominium for a number of months.
Gonzalez stated it appeared that the surviving kids had been “fending for one another,” with the oldest sibling caring for the youthful two.
Their condominium did not have any energy, and a neighbor had helped the kids by charging a cellphone for them and shopping for them meals, Gilliland stated.
The youthful kids gave the impression to be malnourished and had bodily accidents, in response to the sheriff’s workplace. All three siblings had been taken to a hospital and assessed and handled.
The youngsters final attended college in Might 2020, stated Craig Eichhorn, a spokesman for the Alief college district. They did not return for the 2020-2021 college 12 months, and faculty officers tried an unsuccessful house go to in September 2020, Eichhorn stated.
A decide on Monday granted the Texas Division of Household and Protecting Providers non permanent custody of the three kids.
Investigators had been nonetheless making an attempt to find out why nobody with the condominium complicated had observed something uncommon, Gilliland stated.
Highmark Residential, the property administration firm which runs the condominium complicated, didn’t instantly return a name looking for touch upon Tuesday.
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Related Press author Terry Wallace in Dallas contributed to this report.
