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Houston mother, 35, and her boyfriend, 31, charged with murder two days after her three children were found abandoned and malnourished, living in a filthy apartment with the rotting remains of their eight-year-old brother

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>Three brothers ages 7&comma; 10 and 15 and skeletal remains were found at 3535 Green Crest Drive in Houston after police were asked to do a welfare check on Sunday<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>The siblings <strong>were found abandoned and living in squalid conditions in a Houston apt&period; next to the rotting remains of their eight-year-old brother<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>The children&&num;8217&semi;s mother <strong>Gloria Y&period; Williams&comma; 35&comma; and her boyfriend&comma; Brian W&period; Coulter&comma; 31&comma; were arrested and charged by authorities on Tuesday<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office found eight-year-old boy suffered multiple blunt force injuries and died by homicide<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>The 15-year-old called 911&comma; on Sunday to report that his eight-year-old brother had been dead for a year and his skeletal remains were in a room next to his<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>The children were living in deplorable conditions and had likely been left abandoned for several months<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>Gloria Williams has been charged with injury to a child by omission&comma; failure to provide medical care and failure to provide adequate supervision<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;514646"><strong>Coulter has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend&&num;8217&semi;s son<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Gloria-Y&period;-Williams-left-and-Brian-W&period;-Coulter-right-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393627" width&equals;"836" height&equals;"909"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Gloria Y&period; Williams &lpar;left&rpar;&comma; 35&comma; and her boyfriend&comma; Brian W&period; Coulter &lpar;right&rpar;&comma; 31&comma; were arrested and charged by authorities on Tuesday for abandoning and neglecting her three young children in a home for months at a time while the kids&&num;8217&semi; eight-year-old brother&&num;8217&semi;s corpse decomposed in the house for more than a year<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A Houston woman and her boyfriend were arrested and charged by authorities on Tuesday for abandoning and neglecting her three young children in a home for months at a time while the kids&&num;8217&semi; eight-year-old brother&&num;8217&semi;s corpse decomposed in the house for more than a year&period;  <br>Their mother Gloria Y&period; Williams&comma; 35&comma; has been charged with injury to a child by omission&comma; failure to provide medical care and failure to provide adequate supervision&comma; according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"476" height&equals;"267" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;video&sol;embed&sol;&quest;pid&equals;11171535" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Her boyfriend Brian W&period; Coulter&comma; 31&comma; is charged with murder in connection with the child&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;houston-abandoned-children-child-skeleton-boy-death-brothers-live-with-corpse&sol;11169868&sol;">ABC 13 TV<&sol;a> reported&period; <br>The pair were questioned and released hours after investigators performed their welfare check on Sunday&comma; during which they made the gruesome discovery&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Gloria-Y&period;-Williams-left-and-Brian-W&period;-Coulter-right-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393632"&sol;><figcaption><strong> The arrests were made two days after law enforcement officials found Williams&&num;8217&semi; three children abandoned inside a Houston apartment&period; Investigators also found a rotting corpse of Williams&&num;8217&semi; eight-year-old son who had been dead for more than a year&period; Williams and Coulter allegedly left the children alone for months at a time while they lived in a different home<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Williams&&num;8217&semi; 15-year-old son&comma; who had been caring for his two younger brothers with the help of a neighbor who brought them food and charged their cell phone when the electricity to their home was cut&comma; called 911&comma; prompting the welfare check on Sunday&period; <br>Records indicate that Williams was charged twice for failing to enroll her children in school&period; The Alief Independent School District in 2019 and 2020&comma; filed truancy papers against the Gloria Williams because two of her children were not attending school &&num;8211&semi; The children were last enrolled in May 2020&period;  However&comma; both charges were later dismissed due to the COVID-19 pandemic&period; <br>Police have ruled the death of the eight-year-old boy a homicide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Brian-W&period;-Coulter-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393637" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"530"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The arrests were made two days after law enforcement officials found Williams&&num;8217&semi; three children abandoned inside a Houston apartment&period; Investigators also found a rotting corpse of Williams&&num;8217&semi; eight-year-old son who had been dead for more than a year<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Gloria-Y&period;-Williams-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393638" width&equals;"844" height&equals;"540"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Williams was charged twice for failing to enroll her children in school&period; Both charges were later dismissed due to the COVID-19 pandemic<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Gloria-Y&period;-Williams-was-served-notice-of-removal-of-children-left-by-the-Texas-CPS-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393634" width&equals;"833" height&equals;"1076"&sol;><figcaption><strong>This notice of removal of children left by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services&period; According to the notice&comma; state officials took custody of Gloria Williams&&num;8217&semi; three children on Sunday evening after police conducted a welfare check<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday ruled that the dead child suffered multiple blunt force injuries&comma; resulting in his death by homicide&period; <br>The victim&&num;8217&semi;s 15-year-old brother&comma; told the 911 operator that he and his two surviving siblings had been living with his decomposing body in their apartment for a year&period; <br>Shortly before the teen called 911 on Sunday&comma; he texted his mother to tell her he could not take it anymore&comma; it has emerged&period; <br>The call led to a series of disturbing revelations&comma; including that the three children&comma; ages 15&comma; 10 and 7&comma; had been left to fend for themselves for several months&comma; relying on food donations from unsuspecting neighbors to survive&comma; while sharing an apartment with the decomposing remains of their sibling &&num;8211&semi; even as their mother and her boyfriend lived just 15 minute away&period; <br>Detectives with the Harris County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office questioned the couple before releasing them on Monday pending the outcome of the criminal investigation&period; <br>Child welfare services in Texas have also launched an investigation into the horror find at the apartment complex on Houston&&num;8217&semi;s west side&period; <br>Erica Chapman&comma; a resident at CityParc II at West Oaks Apartments&comma; said she was among the people who had been feeding the malnourished 15-year-old&comma; not knowing he was living with his two younger brothers&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;The first time I saw him&comma; he was sleeping on one of the slides&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Chapman told <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;abandoned-children-houston-9-year-old-dead-skeletal-remains-found-citypark-11-at-west-oaks&sol;11167108&sol;">KTRK<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Harris-County-sheriffs-at-scene-where-boy-9-was-found-dead-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393569" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"495"&sol;><figcaption><strong> Harris County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies are seen above at a Houston apartment complex  on Sunday afternoon where three children were found in a neglected state along with the decomposing body of their slain eight-year-old brother<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Harris County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Department officers are seen above at a Houston apartment complex  on Sunday afternoon where three children were found in a neglected state along with the decomposing body of their slain eight-year-old brother&period;  <br>Williams&comma; the mother of the three children&comma; lived with her boyfriend&comma; Coulter&comma; just 15 minutes away from the apartment complex where her 9-year-old son was found dead<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Harris-County-sheriffs-at-scene-where-boy-9-was-found-dead-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393571" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"455"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Along with the three malnourished boys&comma; investigators also found the decomposed body of a eight-year-old boy <strong>on Sunday<&sol;strong> at the CityParc II at West Oaks Apts&period;&comma; in Houston&comma; Texas <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Chapman said she noticed that the teen&&num;8217&semi;s mother was rarely home&period; She would occasionally show up bearing noodles&comma; snacks and drinks&period; The abandoned teen would run downstairs to pick up the food and then return to the apartment&period; About six months ago&comma; Chapman said she started offering the 15-year-old food&comma; but she said he refused to accept cooked meals&comma; only agreeing to take packaged snacks&comma; fruit and pizza&period; <br>Trevor Thompson&comma; another neighbor who had been helping out the boy&comma; told the station the child was paranoid and feared getting poisoned&period; <br>Thompson said the teen knocked on his door one day&comma; asking to borrow a charger&period; After that&comma; the neighbor said he forged a bond with the boy and started offering him food&period; <br>Both Thompson and Chapman said they had no idea there were two younger children living with the 15-year-old&period; Thompson recalled that on one occasion he asked the teen if he liked the pizza he had given him&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;And he asked&comma; &&num;8220&semi;What&quest; The first pizza we had&quest;&&num;8221&semi;&&num;8216&semi; Thompson recounted&period; &&num;8216&semi;That made me wonder why would he say&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;Erica-Chapman-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-393568" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"758"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Erica Chapman who said she&&num;8217&semi;d occasionally feed the 15-year-old boy because his mother only rarely showed up to give him snacks&comma; thinks the teen concealed the existence of his brothers because he was afraid of being blamed&comma; punished by his mother&comma; or separated from his siblings&period;  <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Chapman speculated that the teen may have concealed the existence of his brothers because he was afraid of being blamed&comma; punished by his mother&comma; or separated from his siblings&period; <br>The neighbors said they never called the authorities because they did not grasp the severity of the situation involving the teen&comma; who was described as quiet and discreet&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t want to push him away by asking questions because I knew he was starving and needed food&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Chapman said&period;  All three surviving siblings were taken to a hospital for treatment&period; They were said to be malnourished and injured&comma; and the 7-year-old had broken bones in his face&period; <br>According to investigators&comma; the 15-year-old said that the parents hadn’t been living at home for months&comma; effectively abandoning the children to be on their own&period; <br>When police arrived to the home on Sunday afternoon&comma; they found the brother’s skeletal remains out in the open&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;click2houston&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;2021&sol;10&sol;25&sol;mother-of-3-children-found-living-with-skeletal-remains-of-9-year-old-sibling-questioned-and-released&sol;">KPRC-TV<&sol;a> reported&period; <br>The two younger boys appeared to be malnourished and &OpenCurlyQuote;showed signs of physical injury&comma;’ according to law enforcement officials&period; <br>&OpenCurlyQuote;It appears they were basically fending for each other&comma;’ Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters&period; <br>&OpenCurlyQuote;The older sibling was doing the best he could to take care of the others&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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