Houston police officers reported that a woman drowned her two children in their bathtub and then hid the bodies under a neighbor’s house.
Sheborah Thomas, 33, moved to the neighborhood located just south of downtown Houston in April, the Houston Chronicle reported on Sunday. Houston police officers were called to the scene after Thomas told an acquaintance she needed help packing up to move because she had drowned her son and daughter in their bathtub and hid the bodies under a neighbor’s house. The man called police.
A swarm of officers responded to the call and began an investigation. Houston Police Department Spokesman Kese Smith told reporters the man noticed Thomas throwing out a large amount of trash. When he approached her, Thomas asked him to help her pack up her belongings as she needed to move right away.
He followed Thomas into her home and noticed she didn’t have many belongings to pack. He asked the woman where her two children were and she responded “matter-of-factly” that she killed the children, Smith told reporters. He said the children were killed sometime on Friday.
He told police he thought the woman was kidding and continued helping her pack her belongings. He asked again where the children were and Thomas replied that she had already told him.
The man left the house and drove around the block. He then decided to return to her home and spoke with her again. He realized she was serious about her claim of murdering her son and daughter.
Eventually, the man convinced Thomas to get in his car and he drove the woman to the Houston Police Department’s South Central patrol station. He parked a block away from the station as to not alert Thomas of his intentions. When a patrol car approached, the man flagged the officer down and told him what Thomas had said to him.