Pair arrested over death of child found in Texas apartment with siblings

Mother and her boyfriend charged after remains found along with three surviving siblings who were apparently abandoned

A woman and her boyfriend have been arrested and charged over the death of a nine-year-old child whose skeletal remains were found inside a Houston apartment, along with three surviving siblings who appeared to have been abandoned.

Bryan W Coulter, the 32-year-old boyfriend of the dead child's mother, was charged on Tuesday with murder. The mother, Gloria Y Williams, 36, was charged with felony injury to a child by omission, failure to provide medical care and failure to provide adequate supervision, authorities said.