2 children found dead in Northern California storage facility

The investigation led authorities to the Redding storage facility where they found the bodies.

Homicides detectives are investigating after two children were found dead inside a commercial storage unit in Northern California.

Redding police say the two dead have not been identified.

Redding is about 300 miles north of San Francisco. Their names haven’t been released, and no charges have been filed in their deaths. (Nic Coury/Monterey County Weekly via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT FOR PAPER AND PHOTOGRAPHER.

Officials first found the injured girl in a locked vehicle in Quincy during a welfare check after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen, The Sacramento Bee reported. What deputies found at the scene “was the most unspeakable measure of torture for an extended period of time”, Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood told the Plumas County News.

In states such as California where only those who come in regular contact with children through their jobs are required to report suspected abuse, there still are options for everyday people to report. “Anyone not affected needs to get some help”. A 39-year-old woman and her teenage boyfriend have been arrested on felony child abuse charges and are now being investigated in connection to the two homicides.

Tami Joy Huntsman and Gonzalo Curiel are each being held on a $1 million bond.

While living in the small town of East Quincy, an unknown individual tipped off the police about child abuse going on inside the home.

Although authorities have said they do not believe the deaths of the two children and the alleged abuse of the 9-year-old occurred in Shasta County, that doesn’t mean the case won’t be moved here.

The deceased children were siblings who were 3 and 5 years old, according to CNN affiliate KSBW. Neither of the suspects entered a plea and both cases were continued until January 7.

Attorneys Douglas Prouty, who represents the 39-year-old, and Robert Zernich, who represents the teen, both declined to comment.

Meanwhile, south of San Francisco, authorities searched a home in Salinas, where Huntsman and Curiel recently lived. But police say they have yet to determine if they are the same children whose bodies were found Friday. Child protective services in Salinas had investigated her family this year for “general neglect”, said Elliott Robinson, director of social services for Monterey County.