Essex Community Holds Vigil For Children Found Dead In Aunt’s Trunk

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ESSEX, Md. (WJZ) — A assemblage came unneurotic to mourn an unthinkable tragedy.

“It’s heartbreaking,” said Kelly Hefner, who lives successful Essex.

A supplication vigil was held successful Essex to retrieve the lives of 7-year-old Joshlyn Johnson, and her 5-year-old brother, Larry O’Neal aft their decomposing bodies were recovered successful their aunt’s car during a postulation stop.

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“I’m astatine a nonaccomplishment for words for what has happened, and my bosom goes retired to the household and this community,” said Angelo “Taps” Dent, adjunct determination manager of the Baltimore Guardian Angels.

Last Wednesday nighttime successful Essex, Baltimore County constabulary said an serviceman pulled implicit the operator of a suspicious car – 33-year-old Nicole M. Johnson.

That’s erstwhile helium smelled a foul odor coming from the car and yet discovered the bodies of the 2 young children successful the trunk.

According to charging documents, the small girl’s assemblage was reportedly wrong a suitcase for much than a year.

“This incidental has shocked and distressed this full community. It has besides perfectly devastated our constabulary department,” said Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt.

Many radical who attended the vigil to amusement enactment shared a corporate question: How could this person happened?

“My opinion, I don’t cognize however you fto your kids spell that agelong without asking questions ’cause I couldn’t,” Hefner said.

But with much questions than answers, Del. Ric Metzgar charged forward, organizing the vigil and lifting the spirits of radical successful the assemblage done prayers.

“I could not slumber past night, hardly astatine all,” Metzgar said.

As neighbors effort to heal, they privation to acceptable a code of unity truthful heartwrenching tragedies similar this tin beryllium prevented.

“Let’s support caring for each other. Let’s support an oculus retired successful a caring mode to our neighbor,” said Rev. Ed Michael, pastor of Eastern Assembly of God Church.

Johnson is facing respective charges successful transportation to the children’s death. She presently remains successful jailhouse with nary bond.

The probe is inactive ongoing. The aesculapian examiner’s bureau is moving to find the nonstop origin of decease of the 2 children.

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