Toddlers, Ages 1 & 3, Survive 2 Days Alone With Mom's Dead Body

Two toddlers, ages 1 and 3, are now in the custody of Child and Youth Services, after being found home alone with the bodies of their dead mother and her ex-boyfriend for two days before the bodies were discovered, police say.

On Monday, Aug. 3, the toddlers’ late mother, Lamara Baldwin, and her ex-boyfriend Lamont Dunlap were found deceased in their home in Wilkinsburg, Pa., local outlets WTAE, KDKA and WPXI reported, citing local authorities. The Allegheny Police Department said based on the scene, the couple appears to have died on July 31, WTAE reported.

Baldwin, 31, and Dunlap, 42, were dead in the home on Franklin Avenue for two days before authorities found their bodies. Although there were no indications of trauma, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting an autopsy to determine their cause of death.

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“I just don’t know what could have possibly happened or what someone could have done or what the parents could have done,” neighbor John Sloan told KDKA. “This is a mystery.”

In the days before Baldwin was found dead, she had opened up about struggling with her mental health on a Facebook livestream, according to WPXI.

“I’m just tired of being lied to. Never told the truth,” she said, per the news station. “I don’t know how much more I can take.”

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