Police in Indiana are investigating the death of two children after making a chilling discovery on the property of their former home. A lot remains to figure out, but there may not have been a proper paper trail of the children, which could make it more difficult to know for sure what happened to them.
Currently, the only possible suspects in the murder of the children are their parents, but the parents are denying having any knowledge of the children or their disappearance. Even though the odds are stacked against them, police hope new evidence leads them closer.
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The police were tipped off by someone connected to the family.
According to a statement shared by the Jasper County Sheriff’s office on Facebook on September 20, the sheriff’s office “received a report that an individual had allegedly confessed to acquaintances about killing two of their undocumented children and burning their bodies in a backyard fire pit at their residence in Wheatfield, Indiana.“
Authorities immediately launched an investigation.
Sheriff’s office Chief Deputy Jason Wallace spoke with People about the investigation, telling the magazine that the person who made the confession was the father of the two “undocumented” children. Wallace explained that in the context of this case, “undocumented” has nothing to do with immigration status. Instead, “undocumented” means the state has no records of the children’s existence.
So far, the parents have only been questioned.
Police explained that they sought out the parents of the children, who were estimated to be between the ages of 0 and 6 years old. The parents were found at a hotel in nearby Newton County. Police interrogated them, but that didn’t get them much information. “They were cooperative but had nothing to share on the topic, they just denied it,” Wallace told People.
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The parents continued to deny involvement.
The police statement revealed that despite the denials, their phones were still taken “and additional information was uncovered.”
With this new evidence, the parents were again contacted by the police, but they continued to deny having any knowledge of the incident. There was another allegedly undocumented child in their care; police removed that child.
A surprising discovery was made.
On September 30, several law enforcement agencies came together to search a Wheatfield residence the family previously lived in. Currently, the family is “moving around” and doesn’t have a permanent residence, Wallace claims.
During the search, cadaver dogs led police to three locations on the property where police then removed bone fragments, according to their statement.
The bone fragments are being analyzed.
Several agencies worked together to conduct the search, including the sheriffâs office, Jasper County Coronerâs Office, Indiana State Police, Wheatfield Police Department, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. The bone fragments were taken to a specialist in Indianapolis for analysis to determine if they belong to an infant or an animal, per the police statement. Thus far, no arrests have been made in the case.
