The Guardian
By Guardian Staff and agencies
October 25, 2021
The skeletal remains of a child and three surviving siblings who appeared to have been abandoned were found inside an apartment in the Houston area.
The children’s mother and her boyfriend were located, questioned and released without charges being filed, police said on Monday.
The plight of the children came to light on Sunday afternoon when one of them, a 15-year-old, called the Harris county sheriff’s office and said his nine-year-old brother had been dead for a year and the body was inside the apartment, the office said in a statement.