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Central Florida Mom Indicted In Deaths Of Children
Official Cause Of Death Under Investigation

Andrea Noel Williams, 32, is suspected of drugging Ilona, 9, Ian, 6, and Ivey, 5. However, autopsy results haven't been issued to show the official cause of the children's deaths.

The indictment says Williams killed her children in early May in her Longwood home.

Police said the children were killed on Mother's Day, May 9 but the bodies were found May 11.

Williams was arrested May 10 in rural North Carolina where authorities said she confessed to killing the children, according to Local 6 News.



Longwood Children Allegedly Poisoned By Mom Buried
Mom Investigated Twice In 2003

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- As three children allegedly poisoned by their mother were buried Tuesday, law enforcement authorities were defending themselves for clearing the woman of past abuse allegations.

Andrea Williams, 32, was twice investigated last year by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, but authorities found no reason to believe the children were at risk.

Williams was arrested May 10 in rural North Carolina. Authorities said she confessed to the killings of her children, Ilona, 9, Ian, 6, and Ivey, 5, the day before - Mother's Day. The children were found dead at the bottom of a trundle bed in their Longwood home.

Williams remains at the Seminole County Jail on murder charges.

Seminole County sheriff's Capt. Greg Barnett said he is confident his Child Protective Services investigators acted properly when they closed three reports without taking any action against Williams. The Sheriff's Office handles child abuse complaints in Seminole.

"We don't have a crystal ball, obviously," Barnett said.

Two reports stemmed from a March 2003 call to the state's abuse hot line by a mother whose child Williams was watching.

The woman told authorities her son made a statement that led her to think there was improper contact between her child and Williams.

The report concludes the boy may have been describing licking a lollipop that Williams gave him as a reward for good behavior, and investigators found no evidence of abuse for him or any of the Williams children.

The final report dealt with an investigation into Williams after she was hospitalized twice in eight days during the fall for mental evaluation under the state's Baker Act, which allows people to be evaluated to see if they are a threat to themselves or others.

It concluded there were "some indicators of substance exposed child," and said Ian told of twice being allowed to take a drink of beer while at the dinner table. The children "did not disclose abuse/neglect," according to the report.



Bodies Of 3 Children Found Stuffed Inside Bed, Mom Confesses

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Authorities in Seminole County, Fla., found the bodies of three children Tuesday -- all under 10 years old -- stuffed inside a hideaway bed a day after their mother was arrested in North Carolina, according to Local 6 News.

Local 6 News reported that Andrea Williams, 32, confessed to killing her children -- ages 5, 6 and 9 -- and packing them in a bed inside a home located at 890 Georgia Avenue. Investigators told Local 6 News Tuesday night that it appeared the children had been under the bed for days.

Williams was arrested for second-degree trespassing Monday night in North Carolina. A search was launched in North Carolina when her three missing children could not be accounted for.

Longwood Police Chief Tom Jackson said the woman's husband, Gary Williams, helped police search the house Tuesday morning but could not find the children -- Ivy, 5; Ian, 6; and Ilona, 9.

However, Williams' comments while in custody led detectives to the home again and the children were found in the bed, Local 6 News reported.