Houston police find malnourished children and skeletal remains in apartment

The skeletal remains of a child, and three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned, were found inside an apartment in Houston, Texas.The 15-year-old told police that his sibling has been dead for a yearWARNING: This story contains graphic information about minors.

One of the children, a 15-year-old, called the Harris County Sheriff's Office on Sunday afternoon and told authorities that his nine-year-old brother had been dead for a year and the body was inside the apartment, the office said in a statement. Deputies responded and found the teen, and two other siblings aged 10 and seven, living alone in the apartment, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters."It appears that the remains had been there for an extended period of time," Mr Gonzalez said.The sheriff said it also appeared that the surviving children were “fending for each other,” with the oldest sibling caring for the younger two.It was unclear whether any of the children were attending school.

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