TX - Kendrick Lee, 8, murdered, 3 sibs abandoned, Houston, 20 Oct 2021 *ARRESTS*

[TootsieFootsie]

Three abandoned children found with skeletal remains of young boy in Texas

The discovery was made at an apartment complex west of downtown Houston on Sunday, and has been described as “heartbreaking” by police who added the children had been living in “deplorable” conditions.

Authorities said the youngsters were aged seven, 10 and 15. According to reports, the eldest child said the boy, thought to be nine-years-old, had been dead for a year and was in the next room.


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[Bit of hope]

Three abandoned children found with skeletal remains of young boy in Texas

The discovery was made at an apartment complex west of downtown Houston on Sunday, and has been described as “heartbreaking” by police who added the children had been living in “deplorable” conditions.

Authorities said the youngsters were aged seven, 10 and 15. According to reports, the eldest child said the boy, thought to be nine-years-old, had been dead for a year and was in the next room.

What the heck? How is this even possible I wonder.....Didn't neighbors hear or see something or noticed an obnoxious smell. How long were they abandoned yet? "parents didn't live there for several months" djeez.....how were they supposed to get food and other necessary things?......This poor kids. What is wrong with the mother and the boyfriend...OMG

 

[sloane7777]

HOW HOW is this possible, who paid rent Hud? do they not do pest. Controll? Smell? How?

 

[sloane7777]

Food HOW did they get food ? Someone had to be going over there ?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

They were found suffering from malnutrition.

My guess is that the children thought the parent/s were coming back so waited as long as they could.

I read that the 15 year old dialled 911.


Poor kids.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Re food, my thoughts are that they ate what was left in the house.

Maybe there was no money to go out and buy any more.

Sad that there seemingly was no extended family they could call.

Food HOW did they get food ? Someone had to be going over there ?

 

[azure]

My mind is absolutely blown by this case. I can only imagine the 15 year old was so traumatized from years of abuse that he felt he had to protect his parents for the months they were alone.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Looks like City Parc II at Westgate.
Miller Intermediate School is right there.
Did none of these children go to school?
I’m guessing someone was paying the rent....wonder why the property manager or maintenance had not noticed anything!
Those poor children

 

[MimosaMornings]

Mother located after skeletal remains, three children found in Harris County apartment

“The complex, CityParc II at West Oaks Apartments, is less than a mile from Miller Intermediate School and Albright Middle School. It’s unclear if any of the children were enrolled in school.”

“Dianne Davis has lived at the complex for two years and said the building manager regularly performs mandatory inspections on all apartments to check windows, plumbing and smoke detectors. The most recent inspections occurred last week.

“How come they couldn’t detect this?” Davis said. “How could that not have been found?”

 

[ElizB]

The mom was interviewed but not arrested?

 

[JoeFromLB]

Dear Lord...skeletal remains of the little boy, dead for quite some time! How in the world?!

This is unbelievable. At least the three living children will be safe now. The mother needs to be removed from society for an awful long time. Maybe the 'boyfriend' too. Is he the father? How did the boy die?? So much to investigate.

 

[Bit of hope]

Dear Lord...

This is unbelievable. At least the three living children will be safe now. The mother needs to be removed from society for an awful long time.

She is probably a severe addict....<modsnip>....That's the only reason I can think off by now.....Could she even be not the biological mother, but because a family member died she "had" to take care of them but wasn't able to...just thinking out loud....

 

[Bit of hope]

Mother located after skeletal remains, three children found in Harris County apartment

October 24, 2021
The mother of the children, as well as her boyfriend, were located late Sunday night, Gonzalez said on Twitter. They have since been released and no charges have been filed yet.

>>!!!!????

 

[tlcya]

Authorities located the mother of the children and her boyfriend. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Monday morning that they had been interviewed and released. No charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing.

Mom released after 3 children found in Texas apartment with skeletal remains

I'm sorry, but wha?

 

[JoeFromLB]

Released and no charges filed?! What?!

Did I wake up this morning in a parallel universe?

<modsnip> Child abandonment and abuse at the very least should be filed and she should be detained.

 

[Trebor5591]

A neighbor had been leaving food for the children.

Mother located after skeletal remains, three children found in Harris County apartment

 

[MrsWatson]

How on earth did they get released?!? Did they not have custody of the children? If not, who did?

 

[Shamrock1]

The apartment complex (link at end) seems to have income requirements for most of the tenants. If a program like Section 8 paid for the entire rent*, would rent be auto-paid by the government? Would utilities be paid by the assistance program? This assumes, of course, that the parents were enrolled in programs that fully covered these expenses - I don’t have any info as to whether they were getting any assistance, let alone whether that assistance was full or partial.

If the parents did not provide food or food $, some low-income complexes have an on-site food pantry. There may have been area pantries gave freely and didn’t require things like proof of residency, especially during covid. School lunches are free during covid, and some schools in low-income areas try to send students home on weekends with food.

Which brings up school! ** If the children were on-time, well-groomed, and neatly clothed, well, that would be amazing! Toilet paper, laundry soap, and hygiene items are hard to get at food pantries.

And, of course, the messy process of living being to skeleton…neighbors didn’t complain?

JMO

CityParc II at West Oaks Apartments | Eligibility

* Eviction moratorium, too.
** That’s assuming in-person school. Kids may have been remote or simply truant.

 

[JoeFromLB]

#1 question is I want to know how that boy died!

At the very least I would expect homicide detectives to be looking into this. But questioned and released?!

 

[shotgun09]

Has there been any DCFS involvement with this family?