An Indiana couple was arrested on the suspicion of murdering their two children after bones were found in the yard.
Samantha Sebella, 31, and Steven Valle, 25, are being held in the Jasper County Jail for allegedly killing their children and burning their bodies in the backyard firepit. They were charged with neglect of a dependent causing death , abuse of a corpse and failure to report a dead body.
The investigation began Sept. 20. Police received a call from a friend of the couple claiming Valle confessed, “I killed my two kids,” according to an affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.
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When the friend asked more questions, Valle allegedly said he and Sebella “smothered their first born but had drown the second born and burnt their bodies in the firepit at their house.”
Authorities then arrived at the home on Old Orchard lane in Wheatfield Monday where Sebella and Valle previously lived. The current owner, a disabled veteran, was blindsided by the event, Fox 59 reported.