Utah mother arrested for the murder of 7 infants found in her garage

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Utah Mother Arrested For Murder Of 7 Infants Found In Her Garage

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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.

Flip the page to read the initial story from earlier ICYMI…

Image via Pleasant Grove Utah Police

Via ABCNews

A woman has been arrested on six counts of murder after authorities found the bodies of seven infants packed into separate cardboard boxes at a home in Utah, police said.

Police arrested Megan Huntsman, 39, of Pleasant Grove, on Saturday following a gruesome discovery at a residence formerly occupied by the woman who they say moved out in 2011.

Officers responding to a phone call from a family member who is currently living at the Pleasant Grove residence arrived at the home to find the first baby which “appeared to be a full term,” according to a police statement.

“A family member was cleaning out the garage and came across a box that looked suspicious. Upon opening the box they found the infant inside,” Capt. Michael Roberts of the Pleasant Grove Police Department told ABC News.

Authorities obtained a search warrant to inspect the home, where they found six more infant bodies inside, packaged in separate containers, the police statement said.
Roberts said that through their investigations, they had reason to believe that Huntsman had given birth to the six other babies in the period between 1996 and 2006 and murdered them.

Authorities arrested Huntsman and booked her at the Utah County Jail on six murder counts, but did not comment on why she was not charged with seven counts.

She should expect a sharp shiv in between her ribs soon as she steps into the prison shower.

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