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HOUSTON – A young man of 15 years who had been living with the corpse of his nine-year-old brother for almost a year could no longer bear the situation and called 911 for help this Sunday.
The call has unleashed a chain of events for the authorities, who are trying to determine the way the child died and what happened in that apartment for the last few months.
This Tuesday, one day after the mother of the young man and the other two minors who were abandoned in the apartment were questioned, she and her boyfriend were arrested by officers from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department.
The young man of 15 years was taking care of his younger siblings getting food from neighbors and protecting the terrible secret of his dead brother.
Sheriff Ed González reported that the young man called 911 this Sunday and said that his brother had died in one of the rooms several months ago.
The young man also said that his mother had not returned to the apartment for several months and that he was taking care of his brothers, who are 7 years old and 10 years.
Arrest update for incident at Green Crest: Brian W. Coulter (12 – 10 – 89) has been charged in the murder of the complainant. The complainant was 8 years old at the time of his death in 2020. Coulter is the boyfriend of the murdered child’s mother. The mother of the murdered child,
– Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) October 27, 2021