"Names of two children whose bodies were found in a burned mobile home in northern Alexander County and also the name of their missing mother were given late Tuesday afternoon by Alexander Sheriff Chris Bowman.
Bowman said the children were identified as siblings Angel E. Pacheco, 11, and America D. Pacheco, 12, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after preliminary autopsies at the hospital. He said determination of the cause of their deaths is pending. Both bodies were burned beyond recognition.
He identified their mother as Maria Calderon, 38, and said she is missing and presumed deceased.
Heidi Darlene Wolfe, 16, of Wilkesboro, and Areli Aguirre Avilez, 30, of Taylorsville, were arrested Monday and charged with three counts each of murder in the deaths of the two Pacheco children and their mother. Authorities identified Avilez and Wolfe as boyfriend and girlfriend."
Names of deceased kids, missing mother told
"Deputies believe the prime suspect, Areli Aguirre-Avilez, 30, who is the ex-spouse of the woman who lived at the home, and his purported girlfriend, Heidi Wolfe, 16, killed the family of three inside the home before setting the house on fire."
Sheriff: Body of woman dumped in Catawba River after house set on fire with 2 children inside
Bowman said the children were identified as siblings Angel E. Pacheco, 11, and America D. Pacheco, 12, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem after preliminary autopsies at the hospital. He said determination of the cause of their deaths is pending. Both bodies were burned beyond recognition.
He identified their mother as Maria Calderon, 38, and said she is missing and presumed deceased.
Heidi Darlene Wolfe, 16, of Wilkesboro, and Areli Aguirre Avilez, 30, of Taylorsville, were arrested Monday and charged with three counts each of murder in the deaths of the two Pacheco children and their mother. Authorities identified Avilez and Wolfe as boyfriend and girlfriend."
Names of deceased kids, missing mother told
"Deputies believe the prime suspect, Areli Aguirre-Avilez, 30, who is the ex-spouse of the woman who lived at the home, and his purported girlfriend, Heidi Wolfe, 16, killed the family of three inside the home before setting the house on fire."
Sheriff: Body of woman dumped in Catawba River after house set on fire with 2 children inside