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Murder Charges Stand Against Blackstone Mother In Babies' Deaths

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A judge has ruled that murder charges will stand against a Massachusetts woman who lived in a filthy home where the skeletal remains of three babies were found.

Erika Murray is charged in the deaths of two of three dead babies found in her Blackstone home in September 2014. Her attorney had said there's no evidence supporting prosecutors' claims that Murray severely neglected two of the children and caused their deaths.

Blackstone House
The home on St. Paul Street where the infants' bodies were found in 2014. (WBZ-TV)

Documents obtained Wednesday show that a Worcester judge has denied the defense's motion to dismiss the charges, saying that there was evidence that Murray could have caused the death of the babies.

Murray has pleaded not guilty to murder, assault and battery of a child and other offenses.

She is due back in court on Feb. 25.

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