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Mother confesses to killing her two children

Mitchelle Blair, 35, has reportedly confessed to killing her two children. Photo: Facebook

A Detroit mother has confessed to killing her two children and hiding them in a freezer in her own home.

Mitchelle Blair has confessed to the brutal murder of her nine-year-old son Stephen Berry and her 13-year-old daughter Stoni Blair, reports The Detroit News.

Authorities found the two dead children in Ms Blair's freezer on Tuesday, after she was evicted for not paying rent.


Ms Blair told detectives she killed her son two years ago and her daughter last May, after she discovered the pair had been molesting a young relative, two police sources told The Detroit News.

She was still living with her two surviving children, aged eight and 17, who knew what she had done.

She has been charged with four counts of first-degree child abuse and one count of committing child abuse first-degree in the presence of another child.

Detroit Police Chief James Craig briefly discussed the case during a press conference on Wednesday morning, but could not go into great detail due to the active status of the investigation.

"While the desire to know what happened in that home is strong, I will ask you to be mindful of the two children who were in that home and are still alive," Craig told reporters.

A statement released by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said they were continuing with their investigation into the deaths, while waiting for the autopsy report from the Wayne County Medical Examiner.

Although police are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death, sources told The Detroit News that it looked like the boy died of strangulation and the girl from blunt-force trauma.

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