A North Carolina father who called 911 last month and told authorities that he had killed four of his children and put them in the trunk of his car told investigators that he had also buried a fifth child in the woods behind his home, court documents obtained Tuesday show.
Wellington Dickens III, who was charged with murder in the deaths of four children, told authorities that the fifth child, Riley, died shortly after he moved to a home in Zebulon, east of Raleigh, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant.
According to the affidavit, which was written by a detective with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office last month, Dickens, 38, said that 1-month-old Riley was his youngest child. The baby’s health declined, Dickens told authorities, and he wrapped Riley in plastic or paper before burying him behind his house, the document states…