2 Dead Infants Found in Infested Home Had Been Alive

At least two of the three babies whose skeletal remains were found in a nearby squalid Massachusetts home were alive “for some period of time” before they were found, prosecutors said in court on Tuesday.

WPRI reported that Erika Murray, 31, was taken into custody after police discovered the infant remains, dead pets, feces on the walls and ceiling, and vermin inside the house on St. Paul Street. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of fetal death concealment and permitting substantial injury to a child.

According to The Associated Press, both bodies were found wearing diapers and one-piece infant outfits in bags hanging in closets in the house, assistant district attorney John Bradley said at a pretrial hearing for one of the residents.

A judge on Tuesday ordered Murray held on $1 million cash bail. A prosecutor had asked for $5 million cash bail.

The Blackstone Board of Health condemned the house where Murray, Rivera and the children lived and are planning to demolish it later this month.

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