Texas couple arrested after remains of woman’s 8-year-old son found with siblings in home – National
A lady and her boyfriend had been arrested Tuesday within the dying of the lady’s 8-year-old son, whose skeletal stays had been discovered inside a Houston-area house with three surviving however apparently deserted siblings, officers stated.
Brian W. Coulter, the 32-year-old boyfriend of the useless little one’s mom, was charged Tuesday with homicide. The mom, Gloria Y. Williams, 36, was charged with felony harm to a toddler by omission, and tampering with proof (human corpse), Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted Tuesday evening.
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 fees are attainable.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston, which conducts all autopsies within the county, listed the first reason behind dying as “homicidal violence with a number of blunt power accidents.”
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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 dying.
One of many surviving siblings, a 15-year-old, referred to as the sheriff’s division Sunday and instructed authorities his brother had been useless for a yr and the physique was contained in the house, based on the legislation enforcement company.
Deputies discovered the teenager and two different siblings, ages 10 and seven, residing alone within the house, Gonzalez stated. The 15-year-old instructed authorities his mother and father had not lived within the house for a number of months.
Gonzalez stated it appeared that the surviving youngsters had been “fending for one another,” with the oldest sibling caring for the youthful two.
Their house didn’t have any energy, and a neighbor had helped the youngsters by charging a cellphone for them and shopping for them meals, Gilliland stated.
The youthful youngsters gave the impression to be malnourished and had bodily accidents, based on the sheriff’s workplace. All three siblings had been taken to a hospital and assessed and handled.
The kids final attended college in Might 2020, stated Craig Eichhorn, a spokesman for the Alief college district. They didn’t return for the 2020-2021 college yr, and college officers tried an unsuccessful house go to in September 2020, Eichhorn stated.
A choose on Monday granted the Texas Division of Household and Protecting Providers momentary custody of the three youngsters.
Investigators had been nonetheless attempting to find out why nobody with the house complicated had observed something uncommon, Gilliland stated.
Highmark Residential, the property administration firm which runs the house complicated, didn’t instantly return a name looking for touch upon Tuesday.
Related Press author Terry Wallace in Dallas contributed to this report.
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