lady kills family :cry:

[sacred_rose]

Slain woman's children 'stuffed in dryer, washer'
Monday Sep 25 09:32 AEST

AP - A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her foetus, told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment, an official said.

Preliminary autopsies on the dead children appear to show they were drowned, Ace Hart, a deputy St Clair County coroner in East St Louis, Illinois, told the Associated Press.

Tiffany Hall, 24, has not yet been charged in the children's deaths, but prosecutors on Saturday accused Hall of killing their mother, Jimella Tunstall, 23, and her foetus. The foetus had been cut from her womb, authorities said.

According to the autopsies, there were no signs of physical abuse or trauma on the children - aged seven, two and one - and toxicology tests were pending to see if they were poisoned or possibly drugged, Hart said.

"They were not drowned there in the wash machine," Hart said.

The local community turned to prayer to understand the slayings at a service for the family.

"This is an opportunity for people to turn to God," said Debra Kenton, a member of the New Life Community Church.

"Who else can explain things like this?"

Authorities suspect Tunstall was slain on or about September 15.

That day, Hall summoned police to a park, saying she had given birth to a stillborn child, Hart said.

She was arrested after she told her boyfriend during the baby's funeral that the baby was not his and that she had killed the mother to get it, authorities said.

Tunstall's body was found Thursday, and authorities began a furious search for her other children. Police said the children were last seen with Hall on Monday.

Authorities had visited Tunstall's apartment Friday but noticed nothing amiss while looking for photographs of the children for media outlets to publicise the search, Hart said.

Hall told police where the bodies were and told police she drowned them, Hart said.

He said he understood why investigators may have overlooked the children during their previous trip to the apartment. "Who would be looking in the washer and dryer?"

But by Saturday night "you could find them by the smell", Hart said.

The oldest, seven-year-old DeMond Tunstall, was found in the dryer and the younger two children - two-year-old Ivan Tunstall-Collins and one-year-old Jinela Tunstall - in the washer. Two of the children were found nude, the third wearing only underpants.

Hall remained jailed Sunday on $US5 million ($A6.61 million) bond, charged with first-degree murder in Tunstall's death and with intentional homicide of an unborn child.

Meanwhile, stuffed animals continued to mount outside Tunstall's apartment, its door crisscrossed with white evidence tape.

An autopsy showed that Jimella Tunstall bled to death after sustaining an abdominal wound caused by a sharp object, believed to be scissors.

Authorities believe her womb was cut open after she was knocked unconscious.

Relatives say Tunstall grew up with Hall and had let her baby-sit her children. Hall has two children of her own.

Illinois State Police Captain Craig Koehler said they are "safe and sound".

Hall likely will be arraigned on Monday on the two charges, each carrying a 20 to 60 years or life in prison, prosecutors said.

The murder count could be punishable by the death penalty.

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poor things i cant believe there are ppl out there who do such things i dont like kids but man i cried reading this its so sad i think she has amental problem and the fact that she has two kids of her own is even more shocking wallah i wish allah would get rid or punish ppl like that

[Inshallah]

This is nothing new, this type of incident always happens in america. May allah grant the children jannah, ameen.

[sacred_rose]

inshallah they do im so upset

[Muezzin]

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[north_malaysian]

This is nothing new, this type of incident always happens in america..

:uuh: :uuh: :uuh:

[sacred_rose]

oh ok i got this from http://ninemsn.com.au/

[Muezzin]

This is nothing new, this type of incident always happens in america.

And any country with unstable people for that matter.

May allah grant the children jannah, ameen.

Ameen.

[cihad]

disgusting

[OemAlGheer]

Ow thats just horrible

[Mawaddah]

It's so shocking........and she has children too!! Ya Allah :cry: :cry: