Autopsies underway for Detroit children found in freezer
Published 3:00 pm Friday, March 27, 2015
- Mitchelle Blair stands during her video arraignment at the 36th District Court, Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Detroit. The Detroit woman charged with child abuse after the bodies of two of her children were found in her home freezer has been ordered to stay in jail Thursday unless she can post a $1 million bond. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Jose Juarez ) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
DETROIT (AP) — Autopsies are underway on the bodies of two children found in a freezer in their Detroit home.
The Wayne County medical examiner’s office says details of the findings may be available by Friday afternoon.
Authorities had to wait for the bodies of Stoni Ann Blair and her brother, Stephen Gage Berry, to thaw. Investigators believe the siblings died about two years ago, when she was 13 and he was 9.
Their bodies were found Tuesday by court officers conducting an eviction.
Their mother, Mitchelle Blair, was arraigned Thursday on child abuse charges. Prosecutors say she could face murder charges once it’s learned how the children died.
Two other children are in protective custody.
A prayer vigil is planned Friday evening at the apartment complex.
