Mother 'killed 7 babies and hid their bodies in garage' in Utah, US
Woman is charged after police find dead infants in cardboard boxes at her home in Utah
A woman accused of killing six babies that she gave birth to over 10 years told investigators that she either strangled or suffocated the children and then put them inside boxes in her garage.
According to a statement released by police yesterday, Megan Huntsman said that between 1996 and 2006, she gave birth to at least seven babies at her home and all but one were born alive.
She said she killed them immediately after they were born, and put their bodies inside boxes. The statement said each baby was wrapped in either a towel or a shirt, and placed in a plastic bag.
Huntsman was being held on US$6 million bail - US$1 million for each baby she was accused of killing.
The deaths came to light on Saturday when officers responded to a call from Huntsman's estranged husband about a dead child at the home, police Captain Michael Roberts said. Officers then found the six other bodies.
Police were puzzled about how the woman's older children - who were still living in the home - did not know their mother was pregnant or notice anything suspicious. Police believe the estranged husband and Huntsman were together when the babies were born. But Roberts added: "We don't believe he had any knowledge of the situation."
Asked how the man could not have known, Roberts replied: "That's the million-dollar question. Amazing."