By Katharhynn Heidelberg, The Montrose Daily Press
died from the alleged actions of five people, including members of a reportedly loose-knit traveling group, according to statements made in court Tuesday.
Two other children found with the defendants were taken into custody by the Department of Human Services, District Attorney Dan Hotsenpiller said.
He painted defendants Madani Ceus and Nathan Yah as being most culpable in the deaths of the two girls. Ceus, 37; Yah, 50; Frederick Blair, 23; Ika Eden, 53, and Nashika Bramble, 36,
The girls were said to have been between the ages of 7 and 10. They had been dead an estimated two weeks when San Miguel County deputies, acting on a tip, searched the farmland and found them. Their identities and probable causes of death were pending as of last report.
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