A mother in Atlanta was charged with murdering two of her young children in an oven.
“After I’ve seen what I’ve seen, you know, I called the police,” said Penn.
“She’s had issues from a baby, issues my mom tried to address with the state of Georgia.”
According to the Journal-Constitution, friends and family said Williams had suffered from mental health problems that were exacerbated by the death of her father when she was 19-years-old, and also from having to take care of four young children as a single mother.
Penn and other relatives said 3-year-old Jameel Jr. witnessed the crime and let them know what happened.
“He talks about his brothers. He knows what happened. He talks about it all the time,” said Penn.
Williams’ friend, Nessa Smith, said Williams called her first and said she “couldn’t do it anymore.” Smith said Williams told her the boys were dead. She told Williams to call police but she called Penn instead, according to the Journal-Constitution.
Neighbors told reporters that Williams often left the children at home alone. Smith said Williams quit her job a month ago because she couldn’t find a babysitter.
“Nobody could tell what she was going through,” said Smith via the Journal-Constitution.
Police don’t know exactly when Williams put the boys in the oven. The arrest warrant states they were put in sometime between midnight on Thursday, Oct. 12, and 11 P.M. on Friday, Oct. 13, according to the Journal-Constitution. Police removed the oven from the home as part of the investigation.
WSBTV reporter Chris Jose posted video on Twitter of the growing memorial outside the Atlanta apartment where Williams lived with her three sons.
A fourth child, a 6-year-old girl, was with other family members and not in the home at the time of the crime.
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