North Carolina Man Charged With 4 Murder Counts After Telling Authorities He Killed His Children

Law enforcement vehicles block the road to Wellington Delano Dickens III's home, where remains were found after Dickens told authorities he had killed four of his children, in Zebulon, N.C., on Oct. 28, 2025. Allen G. Breed/AP Photo

ZEBULON, N.C.—A North Carolina man was charged Tuesday with four counts of murder after telling authorities that he had killed his children and after sheriff’s deputies found human remains in the trunk of a vehicle in his home’s garage.

Wellington Delano Dickens III, 38, was being held without bond in the Johnston County Jail, according to the county’s sheriff’s office and court records.