House of horrors mom collected child support on dead son rotting in apartment, prosecutors say
A Texas mother collected child support for the dead son found rotting in her apartment with her three other abandoned children, according to prosecutors.
Gloria Williams is accused of leaving her three sons in a Houston apartment with the remains of their eight-year-old dead brother, Kendrick Lee.
Prosectors allege that Ms Williams, 35, was also claiming government aid for two of her children, including Kendrick.
Officials say that she also received additional assistance for the older daughter, for a total of around $2,000 per month in aid.
She appeared in a Houston court on Friday charged with aggravated assault to a child and is now being held on a $1.5m bond after prosecutors asked for a judge to increase it.
© AP: Gloria Williams appears in court during a bail review hearing , Friday, Nov. 5, 2021 in Houston. Gloria Williams charged in connection with the death of her 8-year-old son, whose skeletal remains decomposed for months inside a Houston-area apartment with three surviving but abandoned siblings
Court records show the boys told investigators that their mother’s boyfriend, Brian Coulter, allegedly beat Kendrick to death last November, but his body was left to decompose inside the apartment as the youngsters were left to care for themselves.
The oldest boy, 15-yeae-old Jordan Lee finally called 911 and raised the alarm on 24 October and when police showed up they found 10-year-old Treyvone Lee and 7-year-old Javeone Kirklin also at the property.
Ms Williams also has two daughters who were not at the filthy apartment the boys were forced to stay at.
Texas officials say that the children are all in foster care and are continuing to “receive the services they need to heal”.
Mr Coulter has been charged with murder and is being held on a $1m bond. He is due back in court in December.
Prosecutors say that Ms Williams and Mr Coulter were living in a fully furnished apartment 15 minutes away from the empty property where the boys were kept.
“The apartment was in a horrible condition. We saw soiled carpet, no furniture at all. No bedding, no blankets that we could see. We saw roaches and flies and a very bad condition for anyone to live in,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez previously said.
And in an attempt to keep her son’s death a secret, she would send groceries to the apartment once a month and continued to pay rent on it.
Kendrick’s death was determined by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office to be a homicide with multiple blunt force injuries.
Reference: Independent: Graeme Massie
- How to talk to your kids about death
- Use of menopausal hormone therapy beyond age 65 years and its effects on women's health outcomes by types, routes, and doses
- Scientists debunk myth that human brains are 'underdeveloped' at birth
- What are the health risks to children who vape?
- Changes to skin during menopause explained by experts, including dry skin and acne
- Acting Tips for Kids: How to Engage Your Child Through Theater
- How to nurture creativity in your kids
- Nine things you must consider before adopting a child
- An Overview of Psoriasis in Children
- DIY Fertility Tests Are On The Rise, But How Reliable Are They?
- Dentist shares when children should stop using dummies - or risk bite issues
- Top 10 benefits of breastfeeding
- Reye's syndrome: The illness that affects children
- Diphtheria symptoms: Everything you need to know after case confirmed at UK school
- Children with 'prominent' forehead may in fact be suffering from a dangerous illness
- Study assesses links between early negative life events, orbitofrontal cortical thickness and depression in young adults
- Placenta tumour: My miracle baby gave me cancer
- 7 things to look out for when it comes to vaginal health, according to gynaecologists
- What is the vaginal microbiome?
- What every woman should know about hormones, the pill and cancer
- Doctors sound alarm over new infant fentanyl syndrome
- How to boost your child’s memory
- How to Teach Deaf Children to Read
- Speaking to babies in sing-song speech ‘helps them learn language’
- Enzyme therapy approved for rare genetic condition in babies
- Home
- Aches and Pains
- Children - Insomnia
- New Born Babies
- Babies From 2-12 months
- Spina Bifida
- Equipment Used
- Drug Abuse
- Other Ingredients
- The Handicapped Child
- Videos
- BALANITIS - Aromachildhood
- Worms
- Corona virus and pregnancy
- Contact Us
- Essential Oils for General Purposes
- The Methods - Aromatherapy - Children-2
- Hydrolats, Essential Oil Waters, and infused Oils
- Ringworm
- The Methods - Aromatherapy - Children- 3
- Basic Care Kit - Children - Essential Oils
- Web Links
- Acne
- Adolescent Acne
- The A - Z of Conditions
- Arthritis (juvenile Rheumatoid)
- Herbal Healing Infused Oils
- The Cave Man Eating Plan
- Things To Make For Your First Aid Cabinet
- The Basic Care Kit For Children
- Verrucas and Warts
- Caring Touch Massage
- The Methods - Aromatherapy - Children
- The Methods - Aromatherapy - Children - 4
- Athlete's Foot - 2
We have 161 guests and no members online