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A DETROIT MOTHER was arrested yesterday after the frozen bodies of a boy and girl were found in a deep freezer in the family’s home, police said.
Court officers found the children’s bodies while carrying out an eviction order at the 3-bedroom home in the apartment complex just east of downtown. An autopsy will determine how they died.
Police initially reported a woman’s body was found in the freezer, but later said it was actually the bodies of the two children in a plastic bag.
The boy was about 11 and the girl was 14, said police Chief James Craig who called it a “terrible find”.
The woman was not in the apartment when the court officers or police arrived.
“One of the community members here … approached our officers and advised that they knew where the parent was located,” Craig said.
The children’s mother was found in a nearby apartment and questioned. She was arrested later Tuesday. Her name has not been released.
Two of the woman’s other children, ages 11 and 17, were found at a neighbour’s home and placed in protective custody.
Neighbour and friend Tori Childs said she hadn’t seen the two dead children in about a year.
“I haven’t seen them since they were playing with my step-kids,” Childs said.
Childs’ mother, Carrie McDonald, also lives in the housing complex. McDonald said she spoke by phone yesterday morning with the 36-year-old woman.
“She told me this morning, ‘Ms. Carrie, if you don’t never see me again just know that I love you,’” McDonald said.
I love her. The mother is a beautiful person. She was just going through some things.
The woman’s four children were not in Detroit schools. Friends said she was home-schooling them.
“She took her kids out of school because she thought something was going to happen to them,” McDonald said.
The woman has lived in the complex at least 10 years. She was unemployed, was having money troubles and had gotten behind on her rent. Friends knew about the impending eviction.
“She was really behind, but she didn’t have it,” Childs said, referring to money to pay the rent.
Court records show a judgment filed last month against the woman for $2,206 owed to the complex.
Investigators were preparing information to present to the Wayne County prosecutor’s office for charges. The Associated Press was unable Tuesday to determine if she has an attorney.
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People rushing about yesterday after the shock that RTE hadn’t put any extra capacity on their servers for the fight.
Come on RTE, what do we pay you for?
:) I watched Katie’s fight online yesterday here: http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/
The EBU is streaming a whole range of Olympic events live (though without commentary). Hope that helps if you’re stuck today!
Best online tv for irish stations is Aertv.ie through safari on your iPhone (I have an iPhone 4), go to RTE2 HD. Uses a lot of bandwidth though, so go Wifi if you can
What about michelle smith??
Yeah that was my favourite memory. I know it soured afterwards but at the time it was fantastic.
Cian O’ Connor being stripped of his gold medal is definitely up there.
Riding a horse isn’t even a sport.
It’s a passtime for the privileged.
And naturally the Olympics should be reserved for the disadvantaged. You’d be a cert for gold in the ‘chip-on shoulder’, Niall
Niall – Horse riding is for the privileged? Ha ha ha ha ha and travellers and youngfellas in the fields around Finglas and Ballymun, 2 towns well known for their champagne lifestyles and blue-blooded families.
Its the 21st century and we have a republic now Niall. If you aspire to horse riding you can do it without having to be born with a silver spoon in your gob. Give up your flat cap and hobnail boots and they’ll even let you into the Shelbourne hotel for afternoon tea. Just remember not to spit on the carpets and don’t say “yes, Sorr” to the chaps in the tuxedos. They are the waiters.
What a bloody horrible thing to say, regardless of wether you like show jumping, he was and is a representing Olympian for Ireland! How dare you be so disrespectful!
Horse riding shouldn’t be in the Olympics.
And a former cheat who was stripped of his medal isn’t entitled to any respect
yea i mean everyone is disliking my comment about Michelle smith being the best memory. It was at the time god.
But i guess Cian is in a more ‘posh’ sport and he’s ‘higher class’ so if he loses a medal he did nothing wrong
Very proud of the past but Katie Taylor all the way. She has been an amazing ambassador for Ireland and the sport of boxing.
Eddie the eagle! Always Eddie the eagle.
John Treacy winning silver in the marathon in Los Angeles in ’84. Awesome performance by a guy who hadn’t competed in the event before.The battle he had with Charlie Spedding was incredible.
i know Johnson ain’t Irish but its an Olympic memory for me.
You’re right, he ‘isn’t’ Irish.
Paddy Barnes saying he wasn’t going to medal ceremony in Beijing.
Michael Carruth without a doubt the family were our next door neighbours , great excitement on the day and for weeks later , rte had cables running through our house , journalists looking for stories , great times , Michael sent a postcard to my mum all singed by the Irish boxing team sadly my mum and michaels dad have passed away , Austin was a gentleman , always involved in sports managed our local soccer team when I was a nipper , cherished memories .
Sorry signed , typo !
Michelle smith..Michael carruth and watching the phenomenal Michael Johnson atlanta 96
When that that great irish athlete Hussein O Bolt won gold for team GB.
Michael Carruth in 92 was amazing, and also somehow the casserole bowl exploded in the oven during the fight
Seeing Alan Wells sprint home as winner of the 100M in Moscow (I think ?) is my earliest memory, but John Treacy winning a silver medal in the marathon was a fantastic moment – for a Waterford man !!!
what about kenny egan winning silver last time? amazing fighter and gorgeous as well :)
The end of every Olympics. Does my head in :-)
Yeah does my head in too, I hate when it ends.
Most exhilarating memory is Sonia O’Sullivan bursting clear of the pack to lead the 3000m going round the final bend in 1992 in Barcelona.
Most painful memory was watching her fade in the final stretch to finish in that most cruel of spots, fourth.
For the sheer roller coaster of emotions, that was the most memorable for me.
I was only 10 at the time but I can picture it vividly.
Ronnie Delaney.
Sean Drey and Eamonn Coughlan came so close in Montreal and Moscow. So when I found myself sitting up to watch the Marathon of the LA Olympics it didn’t seem possible that John Treacy could actually pull it off. It was the first time I saw an Irish athlete win anything! (Apologies Mick Dowling but I wasn’t watching.)
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