A Georgia man employed until recently as a seasonal Santa Claus at a Walmart was arrested after the bodies of his two children, who were never reported missing, were found buried in the backyard of his home, authorities said.
Elwyn Crocker Sr., 50, was arrested after sheriff’s deputies went to his house in Guyton, Georgia,to conduct a welfare check on his 14-year-old daughter, Mary Crocker, authorities said.
Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie said that after questioning Crocker, he allegedly directed deputies to an area of his backyard, where they uncovered the bodies of Mary and her brother, Elwyn Crocker.
McDuffie said his office received a 911 tip from a caller that Mary Crocker hadn’t been seen since October and that the tipster feared she was dead.
Elwyn Crocker Jr. apparently disappeared in November 2016, when he was 14, police said.
“Neither child had ever been officially reported missing,” McDuffie said at a news conference.
Autopsies were performed on the remains and confirmed the bodies are the Crocker children.
Effingham County Coroner David Exley said the cause and manner of death on the children are pending more test, including toxicological reports.
“I’ve been doing this 41 years and … I almost broke down in tears,” McDuffie said at a news conference. “It’s that bad. I cannot understand how you do children like this. It’s horrible.”
In addition to Elwyn Crocker Sr., deputies arrested his wife, Candice Crocker, 33, the stepmother of the children, and her mother, Kim Wright, 50. Wright’s boyfriend, Roy Anthony Prater, 55, was also arrested.
All four suspects are charged with concealing the death of another and cruelty to children in the first degree, McDuffie said.
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