Deaths of two Detroit kids left in freezer officially ruled homicides

Deaths of two Detroit kids left in freezer officially ruled homicides

Murder charges should soon be coming down on the mother.

After having to let the bodies thaw out for weeks, and autopsy was finally done on the bodies of the two children found last week in their mother’s freezer in Detroit. As a result, their deaths have been officially ruled as homicides, according to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office.

 

Both children, Stoni Ann Blair, 13, and Stephen Berry, 9, were killed by blunt trauma. Thermal injuries also contributed to the death of Stephen according to Ryan Bridges, a spokesman for the medical examiner. “The manner for both children was determined to be homicide,” Bridges said.

 

The results of these autopsies most likely mean murder charges in the near future of the murdering mom, who is currently being held on $1 million bond on charges of child abuse. She is due to appear in court on April 2.

 

Some details developing on this case reveal that 35-year-old Blair was torturing Stephen for a few weeks before he died. According to her surviving 17-year-old daughter, Blair allegedly threw hot water on Stephen and put a plastic bag or his head and a belt around his neck.

 

Blair then killed Stoni after she said she didn’t like her siblings. Then Blair forced the 17-year-old to “put Stoni in the deep freezer.”

 

As the investigation continues, the Michigan Department of Human Services is looking to terminate Blair’s parental rights to her daughter and surviving 8-year-old, who are currently in the care of an aunt.

 

Blair admits to killing Stephen and Stoni, but insists that she “is not evil…It was just an evil act.”

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