Tami Joy Huntsman (39) claims in Facebook that her profession is “being the best mom I can be”. However, she’s now facing charges of murder, torture and child abuse after the bodies of her niece Delylah Tara (3) and nephew Shaun Tara (6) were found stuffed in a storage locker.
Police arrived to Huntsman’s apartment in Quincy, California, on December 11th 2015 after receiving a tip of child abuse. When they arrived, they found a 9 year old girl –sister of the two dead kids– locked in a car outside. The sight sickened the cops: the girl was alive, but clearly starved (she weighed 40 pounds), had many broken bones, a dislocated jaw, open sores and infested with lice.
It was after they took care of that case that they learned that the other two children were missing. It was Huntsman’s 17 year old boyfriend, Gonzolo Curiel, who is also facing charges, the one who told them about the storage locker.
Tami was taking care of her brother’s kids because he’s in jail. Police has said that the apparent cause of death of Shaun and Delylah was sustained abuse, and they believe they were killed around Thanksgiving.