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Indiana parents arrested for murder, after dad bragged about killing and burning two children whose birth they kept hidden from world – Police discover human bone fragments in backyard fire pit

&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;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Steven Valle and Samantha Sebella were arrested after cops made a gruesome discovery in their backyard fire pit of their former home in Wheatfield <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The pair were  taken into custody on Thursday and were charged with murder&comma; neglect of a dependent causing death&comma; abuse of a corpse&comma; obstruction of justice and failure to report a dead body <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Officers began investigating Valle&comma; 31&comma; and Sebella&comma; 25&comma; on September 20&comma; when Valle allegedly confessed to friends about killing two undocumented children and burning their bodies in their backyard fire pit <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The kids never documented&comma; had no records&comma; birth certificate or a Social Security Number&comma; therefore never existed in government records <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Authorities searching the Wheatfield house where Valle and Sebella used to live&comma; discovered &&num;8216&semi;partial bone fragments&&num;8217&semi; later determined to be human <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Valle later admitted they had two children&comma; five years and three years&comma; prior&comma; both of whom died at birth<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He allegedly confessed that he buried both in his backyard for years before digging up the remain and disposing them in the firepit <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;402b2b&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The pair are held without bond&comma; their surviving child taken away from them <&sol;strong><&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;2024&sol;10&sol;Steven-Valle-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-469599" style&equals;"width&colon;695px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Cops in Chester County&comma; Indiana&comma; began investigating Steven Valle&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; and partner&comma; Samantha Sebella&comma; on September 20&comma; when Valle allegedly confessed to friends about killing two undocumented children and burning their bodies in their backyard fire pit&period; They&&num;8217&semi;re charged with murder&comma; neglect of a dependent causing death and abuse of a corpse <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">An Indiana couple has been arrested for the murder of their two children after authorities uncovered bones proven to be human in their backyard fire pit&period;<br>Officers from the Chester County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office began investigating Steven Valle&comma; 31&comma; and Samantha Sebella&comma; 25&comma; on September 20&comma; after Valle allegedly&comma; confessed to friends about killing two undocumented children and burning their bodies in their backyard fire pit in Wheatfield&comma; northwest Indiana&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fox32chicago&period;com&sol;news&sol;indiana-pair-charged-murder-bone-fragments-backyard-fire-pit" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener"> Fox 32 reports&period;<&sol;a><br>Since the children did not have any documentation like a birth certificate or a Social Security Number&comma; they therefore never existed in government records&period; <br>However according to<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lawandcrime&period;com&sol;crime&sol;parents-arrested-after-cops-find-bone-fragments-in-firepit-of-2-children-who-technically-never-existed-on-paper-authorities-say&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener"> Law &amp&semi; Crime<&sol;a>&comma; when deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office arrived at the Wheatfield house where Valle and Sebella used to live&comma; they found &&num;8216&semi;partial bone fragments&&num;8217&semi; that a specialist in Indianapolis determined were human&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;2024&sol;10&sol;Samantha-Sebella-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-469600" style&equals;"width&colon;758px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Samantha Sebella&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb; was charges same as Valle&comma; with murder&comma; neglect of a dependent and abuse of a corpse&period; Cops said she took no actions to protect her two deceased children&comma; her living child or herself from the violence&period; She didn&&num;8217&semi;t reports the deaths either <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Taken into custody on Thursday&comma; October 3&comma; the couple were charged with murder&comma; neglect of a dependent causing death&comma; abuse of a corpse&comma; obstruction of justice and failure to report a dead body&period;<br>Questioned by authorities&comma; Valle and Sebella initially denied any knowledge of children being burned in their backyard fire pit when deputies found them at a hotel in Newton County on September 20&period;<br>On further questioning&comma; they admitted then admitted to the birth of one child&comma; for whom they did not have a birth certificate&period; <br>That birth happened at home and the child was not documented&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;fox59&period;com&sol;news&sol;docs-jasper-county-man-smothered-and-drowned-children-before-burning-their-bodies&sol;">court documents<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;fox59&period;com&sol;news&sol;docs-jasper-county-man-smothered-and-drowned-children-before-burning-their-bodies&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">&period;<&sol;a><br>While the couple allegedly&comma; told deputies they never had a miscarriage or a stillbirth&comma; the Jasper County Health Department records have no documentation indicating that Sebella had ever gave birth&period;<br>Police seized the couple&&num;8217&semi;s cellphones&period; A search of the devices uncovered numerous messages that indicated Valle killed and burned multiple children&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;You killed my kids cause you are a f&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;&comma; you never loved me&comma;&&num;8217&semi; one from message between Sebella to Valle read&comma; according to court documents&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;YOU KILLED OUR BABIES&comma; I HAVE THERE &lpar;sic&rpar; DNA IN MY BODY FOREVER&comma;&&num;8217&semi; another message between read&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"KNvkdlOzn44&quest;rel&equals;0" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;KNvkdlOzn44rel0" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;KNvkdlOzn44rel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;KNvkdlOzn44rel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Ten days later&comma; the sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office&comma; Indiana State Police and the Jasper County Coroner&&num;8217&semi;s Office&comma; along with two cadaver dogs&comma; descended on the Wheatfield home where they used to live&period; The pair had reportedly been evicted from the property earlier this year&period;<br>During the September 30 search&comma; the dogs flagged a fire pit and a pile of ashes near the garage&comma; prompting investigators to excavate part of the backyard with shovels&comma; and uncovering the bone fragments&comma; according to Fox 59&period; <br>By October 3&comma; Valle admitted that Sebella had given birth to a boy in 2018&comma; court documents show&period;<br>According to Valle&&num;8217&semi;s confession&comma; Sebella gave birth to the child while he was out&period; <br>He claimed that when he returned home&comma; he found Sebella passed out and the child was lying between her legs&period; that the child was not awake or breathing<br>Valle told police he cleaned the newborn up&comma; placed him in a blanket and put him in a box&period; That he buried the child in his backyard after three days because he &&num;8216&semi;knew the child wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be coming back to life&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>According to Valle&comma; Sebella&comma; pregnant a second time&comma; prematurely gave birth to a child in a bathtub while he was at work&period;<br>That second child was dead and wrapped in a blanket when he got home&period; Again he buried the child in the backyard near the first&comma; according to court documents&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;2024&sol;10&sol;Chester-County-deputies-dig-up-firepit-inSamantha-Sebella-and-Steven-Valles-old-backyard-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-469605"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Chester County deputies dig up the firepit in Samantha Sebella and Steven Valle&&num;8217&semi;s old backyard <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police allege that Valle said the children had been buried for about three to five years before he dug up the remains and burned them in the firepit&period;<br>Valle added that he saved some of his children&&num;8217&semi;s ashes to make a necklace&comma; police said&period;<br>As the investigation continued&comma; officers learned that Valle and Sebella had been physically violent with each other&comma; and determined that Sebella did not take any actions to protect her two deceased children&comma; her living child or herself from the violence&period;<br>She made no effort to notify authorities of the deaths of the children&comma; the burial or burning of their remains&comma; either&period; <br>On October 4&comma; the pair were formally charged with multiple felonies&comma; including murder&comma; neglect of a dependent causing death&comma; and abuse of a corpse&period; Valle and Sebella are being held at the Jasper County Detention Center&comma; where they remain without bond<br>The Indiana Department of Child Services took an undocumented child in the suspects&&num;8217&semi; care into protective custody&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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