AP Photo/Utah County Jail Courtesy Utah County Jail
Megan Huntsman, 39, was booked into the Utah County jail Sunday, April 13, 2014 on suspicion of killing six of her newborn children over the past decade. Seven dead babies were found in a garage at a Pleasant Grove home where Huntsman lived up until 2011.
Megan Huntsman
AP Photo/Utah County Jail
Megan Huntsman, 39, was booked into the Utah County jail Sunday, April 13, 2014 on suspicion
of killing six of her newborn children over the past decade. Seven dead
babies were found in a garage at a Pleasant Grove home where Huntsman
lived up until 2011.
Police Find Dead Babies in Utah Home
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Pleasant Grove Police investigate the scene where seven infant bodies were discovered and packaged in separate containers at a home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Sunday, April 13, 2014. According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, seven dead infants were found in the former home of Megan Huntsman, 39.
Huntsman's ex-husband alerted police after finding the body of an infant in the home where the woman had lived until 2011.
Huntsman was booked into jail on six counts of murder.
Police Find Dead Babies in Utah Home
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Pleasant Grove Police investigate the scene where seven infant bodies were discovered and packaged in separate containers at a home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Sunday, April 13, 2014. According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, seven dead infants were found in the former home of Megan Huntsman, 39. Huntsman was booked into jail on six counts of murder.
Police went to the home and found the body of a newborn who appeared to have been full-term. Executing a search warrant, they then discovered the bodies of six additional infants.
Police Find Dead Babies in Utah Home
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
Pleasant Grove Police investigate the scene where seven infant bodies were discovered and packaged in separate containers at a home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Sunday, April 13, 2014. According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, seven dead infants were found in the former home of Megan Huntsman, 39. Huntsman was booked into jail on six counts of murder.
The six tiny bodies were found in separate cardboard boxes inside the garage, police Capt. Michael Roberts told the Salt Lake Tribune.
Police Find Dead Babies in Utah Home
AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Johnston
Authorities investigate a crime scene at a house in Pleasant Grove Utah, Sunday, April 13, 2014. According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, seven dead infants were found in the former home of Megan Huntsman, 39. Huntsman was booked into jail on six counts of murder.
Police believe that over a 10-year period, from 1996 to 2006, Huntsman gave birth to the infants and then killed them. Her ex-husband is believed to be the father but investigators are still working on DNA tests.
Police Find Dead Babies in Utah Home
AP Photo/Deseret News, Jeffrey D. Allred
Pleasant Grove Police investigate the scene where seven infant bodies were discovered and packaged in separate containers at a home in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Sunday, April 13, 2014. According to the Pleasant Grove Police Department, seven dead infants were found in the former home of Megan Huntsman, 39. Huntsman was booked into jail on six counts of murder.
A longtime neighbor told the Salt Lake Tribune that Huntsman's three daughters still live in the house. The youngest daughter is around 13 years old.
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