FOX 2 – The mother of two children found dead in a Greektown parking structure last month could be facing criminal charges, depending on the prosecutor’s office.
Sources confirmed to FOX 2 that Detroit police have sent a warrant request for charges against Tateona Williams to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
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The request will now be reviewed and a decision will be made by the prosecutor’s office on charges once it is complete.
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The backstory:
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On Monday, Feb. 10, Williams and her family, who were experiencing homelessness, were inside their van at Detroit’s Greektown Casino. Inside were her five children.
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Williams first discovered one of her kids was not breathing that morning.
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Related: Cause of death for two Detroit children who died in casino parking garage
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The van had run out of gas and turned off sometime in the night, leading to lethal temperatures inside the vehicle and the mom’s tragic discovery. As a family member transported the child to the hospital, they got a phone call that another kid was also not breathing.
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Read more: Mom of Detroit kids who froze to death said she asked for help from city, children’s father
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Officials believed that two of them froze to death but medical examiners confirmed on Tuesday that the two children actually died from carbon monoxide toxicity.
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