Megan Huntsman child murders

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Megan Huntsman child murders were the six killings of newborn children in Utah between 1996 and 2006, committed shortly after birth by their mother Megan Huntsman (born 1975). She also concealed the death of a seventh child who was stillborn. The serial infanticide was discovered in April 2014 when Huntsman's ex-husband Darren West began cleaning the garage of the home he once shared with her in Pleasant Grove, Utah. West discovered a small white box, wrapped in plastic, which contained the small, decomposing body of a baby. Appalled by the discovery, he contacted authorities. Megan was questioned by police after admitting to Darren how she had given birth and put the infant's stillborn body in the garage. During this interview she admitted first to killing four children, before finally stating she did not know how many there might be, at one point saying "eight or nine". Megan stated she had "choked" all the infants, with the exception of one who was stillborn. She had never disclosed...

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