A Pennsylvania woman remained jailed without bail Sunday after four dead babies were found stashed in bags throughout her rental home after she was evicted, state police said.
Jessica Marie Mauthe, 39, was charged Thursday with one count each of criminal homicide and involuntary manslaughter , and four counts each of concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.
Landlord Brent Flanigan had evicted Mauthe from her Cardogan Township home, about 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, on Aug. 14 after she hadn’t paid rent in nearly a year, he told police. On Aug. 30, he changed the locks.
Last Saturday, as Flanigan and a worker cleared the house for the next tenant, they noticed a foul odor emanating from a trash bag in a bedroom close