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Three children and skeletal remains of another possible child were found inside an apartment in Harris County, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
Heartbreaking. @HCSOTexas units are at an apt complex at 3535 Green Crest, near Addicks Clodine & Westpark Tollway. Units found three juveniles abandoned in an apartment. Skeletal remains, possibly of another juvenile, were also found inside the unit. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/uVcybOugM9
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) October 24, 2021
Gonzalez said on Twitter Sunday afternoon that Harris County Sheriff deputies reported to an apartment in the 3500 block of Green Crest Drive, about 20 miles west of downtown Houston, and found the abandoned children and remains.
Deputies found the children — ages 15, 10 and 7 — while conducting a welfare check, according to KHOU 11.
Gonzalez said during a press conference Sunday evening that the children had been at the apartment for “an extended period of time.” He also said that investigators believe that the skeletal remains belonged to a juvenile and that they had been left deteriorating.
“We’re going to do everything we can to make sure we conduct a thorough follow-up investigation,” he said.
The conditions of the children are unknown.
No further information was available.