EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.-
Preliminary autopsies show that three children of the woman slain in a fetus theft case were drowned, the coroner told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The bodies of the children, ages 7 2 and 1, were found Saturday decomposing inside the washer and dryer of their apartment, hours after a woman was charged with killing their pregnant mother and her fetus.
Autopsies on Sunday showed no signs of physical abuse or trauma on the children, and toxicology tests were pending “to see if they were poisoned or possibly drugged,” said Ace Hart, a deputy St. Clair County coroner.
“They were not drowned there in the wash machine,” Hart stressed.
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