A Utah mother admitted to strangling and suffocating six of her babies before stuffing their tiny corpses in cardboard boxes and hiding them in her home, authorities said Monday.
The sickening confession from Megan Huntsman came after cops found the newborns’ bodies tucked inside the garage of a Pleasant Grove home where the woman used to live, prosecutors said.
Huntsman, 39, appeared via video in a courtroom Monday, when a judge ordered her held in lieu of $6 million bail — $1 million for each child killed.
The mother told investigators that she gave birth to seven babies between 1996 and 2006 and killed six of them immediately after they were born, according to a probable cause statement released by police. The seventh child was stillborn.
The statement said each victim was wrapped in a towel or a shirt and wrapped in a plastic bag.
Huntsman was collared after her former husband, Darren West, discovered the body of one baby while cleaning out the garage of the home, located about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City, on Sunday.
Formal charges had not yet been filed against Huntsman as of Monday since police were still investigating.
Police say theybelieve West — who was recently released from prison after serving a 9-year stint on drug-related charges — fathered all slain children, but did not know of the killings.
Far as we’re concerned they can skip the formalities and strap this ho in to the gas chamber and crank that thang.
