North Carolina father Wellington Dickens was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly confessing to killing four children and hiding remains in a car trunk at his Zebulon home. Court records show Dickens, 38, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder after law enforcement officials said he admitted to killing his children over several months.
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office posted on social media that deputies responded to Dickens’ home just after 10 p.m. on October 27 after he told a 911 dispatcher that four of his children were dead and that their bodies were in a car parked inside his garage. Deputies found Dickens at the home along with his 3-year-old son, who was alive and unharmed.
When deputies searched the garage, they discovered what appeared to be human remains inside the trunk of a vehicle. Investigators said the remains had likely been there for some time. In a 911 call recording obtained by WRAL-TV, a man who identified himself as Wellington Dickens gave the home’s address and allegedly told the dispatcher he had killed his children.
During the call, Dickens reportedly told the dispatcher,