The sheriff’s office did not publicly identify the children, but said the three killed were a 6-year-old boy and 5-year-old twins, a girl and a boy.
A caseworker determined children should be removed from a residence south of Dallas on Friday, just before three of them were found dead and two injured, officials said Saturday.
She was being held at the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in lieu of $6 million bond, according to the sheriff’s office and jail records. Those records give her address in nearby Forney, Texas. Sheriff’s officials said a Child Protective Services caseworker on a “home visit” Friday made a determination to remove the children. The caseworker called 911 about 4 p.m. Friday, the office said.
Authorities investigate the scene where three children were found dead and two others were injured inside a home in the Ellis County city of Italy, Texas, on March 3.Sheriff’s Deputy Jerry Cozby said at a evening news conference on March 3 that there was no threat to the community.Sheriff’s investigators were called to the home in a residential area that also includes an elementary school and a Catholic church, after 4 p.m., Cozby said.
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