A woman from Mitchell, Indiana, is currently in police custody, facing murder charges following the tragic discovery of two deceased children in a local residence. The suspect, 33-year-old Brittany Medina, was apprehended by the Indiana State Police on Tuesday afternoon. The grim scene unfolded in a house on Brook Street in Lawrence County, where the bodies of a one-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy were found.
Local law enforcement, with the aid of detectives from the Indiana State Police’s Bloomington post, responded to the distressing scene around 4 p.m. The bodies of the two children were later moved from the Mitchell residence to Bedford by the Lawrence County Coroner’s Office.
Medina was subsequently incarcerated in the county jail, facing two counts of murder. This information was confirmed by officials from Lawrence County’s Jail Division. The case is still under active investigation, with detectives working in conjunction with the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office. Autopsies for both children have been scheduled, but the specific evidence that led to Medina’s arrest remains undisclosed.
Contrary to the grim charges she faces, Medina’s social media presence paints a different picture. Her Facebook profile displays photos of two children, named Jackson and Maddie. The posts show the children smiling, with captions filled with love and affection. The timeline of these posts suggests that the children in the photos could be the victims.
The news of the children’s deaths has sent shockwaves through the local community. Brittany Steward, a local resident, expressed her grief on Facebook, revealing that her young daughter had lost her siblings. Steward identified Medina as the mother of the victims and a man named Ryan as their father. In a series of posts, Steward expressed her devastation and anger towards Medina, vowing to confront her in court.