Dagenham mum murdered her 2 children found dead in bunkbeds by their dad
A woman has been convicted of murder after her two young children were found dead in their beds by their dad. The bodies of Elijah Thomas, two, and Marley Thomas, five, were found in their Dagenham bunkbed on December 16, 2022.
Kara Alexander, 47, of Cornwallis Road, Dagenham, was found guilty at Kingston Crown Court on earlier today (Friday, February 21). She will be sentenced on Friday, April 11.
The dad was concerned when he had not received any responses to his messages and calls to Alexander - he was due to have the boys that weekend. When he visited their home, he was told by Alexander that the children were upstairs sleeping. He found the boys' bodies together, dressed in pyjamas, in the lower bunk of their shared bunk bed.
When he went downstairs for help, Alexander had run away through the garden into a neighbouring street. Paramedics couldn't save the boys as they had been dead for some hours.
The mum was located an hour later. Alexander claimed at the trial that she had placed them in the bath before they 'accidentally' drowned.
The cause of death was ruled to be interference with the normal mechanics of breathing through smothering and/or immersion in water. There was no evidence of forced entry.
Forensic analysis of Alexander’s phone - which was recovered from a filled sink - showed that it had been in regular use up until December 16 but on the day the children were found, no calls were made or messages sent.
‘Our thoughts are with the boys’ father who found them dead’
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Waller, who led the investigation, said: “Our thoughts are with the family, especially the boys’ father who found them dead when he went to collect them for the weekend after Kara Alexander had failed to return his messages.
“No parent should have to go through such a horrific experience, and then have to listen to the detailed evidence highlighting what led up to these events. I would also like to praise those who were first on scene – our colleagues and the paramedics – who also experienced this traumatic event first hand.
“This has been a difficult investigation for everyone involved. This guilty verdict cannot turn back the clock but it does provide the children’s family with some form of resolution.”
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