A Michigan woman experiencing a mental health crisis and her two children were found dead over the weekend after taking refuge in a Detroit-area park.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard identified the victims as 35-year-old Monica Cannady, 9-year-old Kyle Milton and 3-year-old Malik Milton, Fox Detroit reported.
The autopsy determined that they died of hypothermia.
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“This tragedy was based on a mental health crisis,” Bouchard said Monday.
A 10-year-old girl survived but is hospitalized with hypothermia. Authorities learned of the deaths when the girl knocked on doors and said her family was dead in a field.
Bouchard said Cannady had an apartment but was experiencing a mental health crisis that led her to seek refuge outside her home. She apparently thought someone was trying to get her, the news outlet reported.
Monica Cannady, 35; Kyle Milton, 9; and 3-year-old Malik Milton were found dead in a field over the weekend. All three died of hypothermia, authorities said.
(Detroit Fox)
On Saturday, Cannady and the kids were knocking on doors and telling people they were hungry. Authorities had received calls about a poorly dressed woman and children, but agents were unable to find them, they said.
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Family members later told authorities that Cannady told the children to hide if anyone approached them. The family appeared to be sleeping in an abandoned vehicle, but Bouchard said Cannady told the children to lie on the ground.
“They were amazing, so smart, and it’s so sad that they were so young, that they didn’t even experience life yet,” Cannady’s brother, Andre Harsten, who had been looking for her all weekend, told the outlet. “And I wouldn’t blame her. I just want to know what happened. What was in her system? I need answers to that, so I can figure out what kind of mental state she was in. This has never, ever been the case with her.” “. .”
