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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment, an official said Sunday. Preliminary autopsies on the dead children Sunday appear to show they were drowned, Ace Hart, a deputy St. Clair County coroner, told The Associated Press.

As of Sunday, Tiffany Hall, 24, had not been charged in the children's deaths, but prosecutors on Saturday accused Hall of killing their mother, Jimella Tunstall, 23, and her fetus. The fetus had been cut from her womb, authorities said. According to Sunday's autopsies, there were no signs of physical abuse or trauma on the children _ ages 7, 2, and 1 _ and toxicology tests were pending "to see if they were poisoned or possibly drugged," Hart said.

"This is an opportunity for people to turn to God," said Debra Kenton, a member of the New Life Community Church. "Who else can explain things like this?"

Authorities suspect Tunstall was slain on or about Sept. 15.

That day, Hall summoned police to a park, saying she had given birth to a stillborn child, Hart said. She was arrested after she told her boyfriend during the baby's funeral that the baby wasn't his and that she had killed the mother to get it, authorities said.

Tunstall's body was found Thursday, and authorities began a furious search for her children. Police said the children were last seen with the Hall on Monday.

Authorities had visited Tunstall's apartment Friday but noticed nothing amiss while looking for photographs of the children for media outlets to publicize in their search, Hart said.

While in custody, Hart says, Hall told investigators she killed the children at another location, then hauled them home and hid them in the washer and dryer.

Hall said he understood why investigators may have overlooked the children during their previous trip to the apartment. "Who would be looking in the washer and dryer?"

The oldest, 7-year-old DeMond Tunstall, was found in the dryer and the younger two children _ 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall-Collins and 1-year-old Jinela Tunstall _ in the washer. Two of the children were found nude, the third wearing only underear.

Let me at this bitch!

Nope, just the most creative.😛

Hall said he understood why investigators may have overlooked the children during their previous trip to the apartment. "Who would be looking in the washer and dryer?"

My God ....

Yeah Prime, this is starting to be a terrible trend. My local news seems to report pregnant women being beatened/ killed daily. Children are being murdered regularly as well. Make me wonder sometimes ... is there something in the air that's making people do this or is it something socially deeper then that.

it is lack of purpose, a reactionary life, This is the 'pressure cooker' effect, when there is no safety valve to leak the steam, it would burst.,

So you are saying that it's more personal? Never thought of it like that Archer ....

So just like all other crimes, this trend probably isn't going away anytime soon.

This seems to be happening a lot as the years go by.

true... its become a trend...

How could you kill these sweet kids??

The media also have some affect on how many of these crimes are occuring. A lot of these crimes were carried out because of something someone read or heard on the news.

Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, Jeffrey Dahlmer, Charles Manson...all of these are examples of our fascination with how the press promotes the grusome details of each of these murderers victims.

murderers' victims.

'...Jimella Tunstall, 23. who was found slain after apparently having a fetus cut from her womb...'

jemilla seems sooo harmless and innocent....jeeez hall is heartless