Officers said Salinas PD and Monterey County DA will now be the lead investigators in the case, with RPD/Shasta DA assisting as needed.
— Alayna Shulman (@ashulman_RS) December 17, 2015
. @JimSchultz_RS just talked to the Shasta County coroner's office: Autopsies on the two children still being conducted as of 4:30 p.m.
— Alayna Shulman (@ashulman_RS) December 17, 2015
Autopsy of two children found dead in Redding storage unit shows they died in Monterey County. https://t.co/eVcjagDW8t
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 17, 2015
Media circus has arrived @ Salinas City Hall where the case of 2 dead kids found in storage unit will be discussed. pic.twitter.com/fd26L1y94h
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 17, 2015
Flippo: They will file the special circumstances that make them eligible for death penalty.
— Salinas Californian (@salnews) December 17, 2015
McMillin: We did receive 2 anonymous calls. Made contact on one ... did not see any overt signs of abuse.
— Salinas Californian (@salnews) December 17, 2015
Police chief: We hope to contact the anonymous callers of those original calls. When people call anonymously, it makes our job difficult.
— Redding.com News Now (@BreakingNews_RS) December 17, 2015
Police chief: Takeaway for those who suspect abuse, make yourself available to law enforcement to work with them on what you know.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
DA: Curiel will be charged as an adult.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
DA: At completion of autopsy and what we get from investigation it shows there was ongoing physical abuse.
— Redding.com News Now (@BreakingNews_RS) December 17, 2015
DA: We don't have positive ID but we are convinced these are the two children who have been missing. Will be DNA testing that will take time
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
Salinas police chief: The children were found in one container, but where they were transported from, we're still looking into.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
Chief: System didn't fail these kids. Huntsman failed these kids. Curiel failed these kids.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
DA: All three DAs (Shasta, Plumas, Monterey) agree that Monterey is right place to file murder charges.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
DA: As result of the autopsy, it shows that crime originated here in Salinas. We feel comfortable we can prove kids killed in Salinas.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
Monterey County DA keeping death penalty as an option for Tami Huntsman and Gonzalo Curiel, 17, as they face murder charges here in county.
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 17, 2015
Salinas police chief says the two children found dead in Redding died from the "ongoing physical abuse" which started in Salinas.
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 17, 2015
News conference has ended in Salinas about the abuse case in which 2 children found dead in Redding.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
A lot of questions surrounding this investigation and how the children came about to be in the custody of Huntsman remain unanswered.
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 17, 2015
Did I mention the couple accused in this grisly case is facing the death penalty? https://t.co/RE2Ric3S6v pic.twitter.com/cp52p2Kwhq
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 18, 2015
DA: We're comfortable going forward with murder charges that the two missing children are the ones found dead.
— Carole Ferguson (@C_Ferguson_RS) December 17, 2015
McMillin: Actions of one young deputy in Plumas County brought this to light and saved the young girl.
— Salinas Californian (@salnews) December 17, 2015
McMillin: One of the worst cases I have seen. It would be in bad taste to go into details as to why it is ... 'It was terrible.'
— Salinas Californian (@salnews) December 17, 2015
Salinas couple charged in death of children found in Redding storage unit. Some gruesome details came out w/ charges https://t.co/nDSnadVIQ1
— Salinas Californian (@salnews) December 22, 2015
Criminal complaint of Salinas-based deadly child abuse case now attached to story. https://t.co/VQ4cPEfEA6
— Ana Ceballos (@ceballosap) December 21, 2015