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Murder charges filed in Amber Alert deaths of siblings

Posted September 30, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - A Fort Wayne woman who told police she killed two of her children has been formally charged with two counts of murder.

The Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office filed the charges Friday against 29-year-old Amber Pasztor in the asphyxiation deaths of 7-year-old Liliana Hernandez and 6-year-old Rene Pasztor. Elkhart police found the bodies of the children Monday evening hours after they were abducted from the home of their custodial grandparents and authorities issued an Amber Alert for them.

Jail records show Pasztor's due to make her first court appearance Thursday. She's being held without bond in the Elkhart County Correctional Facility.

Prosecutor Curtis Hill Jr. says Pasztor also is a suspect in the shooting death of a neighbor, 65-year-old Frank Macomber, whose car she was driving when she was arrested.

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