ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) — A Kansas mother tells KSN she is sure that a child’s remains found buried in a Rose Hill backyard, are that of her daughter’s. Investigators say identification of the remains could come as soon as next week.
Christa Helm told KSN’s Derek Lytle she gave DNA to investigators last Friday, to help confirm the identity of the child.
Rose Hill Police Chief Taylor Parlier said Friday, the Sedgwick County Forensic Science Center said results of the autopsy could be done by mid-next week. He confirmed that Helm is the biological mother of three children who lived at the home.
Helm said she is 100% certain the remains belong to one of her daughters, who was adopted into the home with her two sisters five years ago.
Helm relinquished custody of three of her daughters in late 2018. She said she struggled when her kids were younger, spent time in jail, and dealt with substance use. In 2017, she says her kids were taken from her, and she became homeless. The three children were taken out of her care and adopted into the Rose Hill family’s home in 2019. Helm said when she saw the discovery of the child’s remains at the home last week, her heart dropped.