Gardner also faces four counts of first degree murder while committing aggravated child abuse; four counts of aggravated child neglect or endangerment; and four counts of aggravated child abuse. Their bodies were found after deputies entered her apartment in a gated community in unincorporated Shelby County on Saturday. Gardner spoke by phone to her husband, Martin Gardner, and acknowledged that she killed her children, the affidavit said. "This is a terrible act, an egregious act that has shocked, I believe, the community, and has shocked our staff to the core," Shelby County Sheriff Bill Oldham said. Deputies were called to an apartment complex in unincorporated Shelby County.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 03, 2016 00:56 UTC