On Saturday, the mother told her children to lie down in a field to go to sleep. Only the girl woke up. When she couldn’t rouse her family, she took her mom’s coat and walked to a nearby home to as…
The bodies of Monica Cannady and her two sons, Kyle Milton Jr., 8, and Malik Milton 3, were found Sunday near the corner of Branch Street and Gillespie Avenue in Pontiac. A third child, a 10-year-old girl, survived and is currently hospitalized and recovering from hypothermia, according to Sheriff Mike Bouchard.
On Saturday, he said, she told her children to lie down in a field to go to sleep. Only the girl woke up. When she couldn’t rouse her family, she took her mother’s coat and walked to a nearby home to ask for help, he said. She told the person who answered the door that her family was dead in the field.
Bouchard said once Cannady’s daughter recovers from hypothermia, she’ll be released to the care of family members. When police were alerted by neighbors that they’d spotted a woman and some children not dressed for the weather, deputies were unable to find any trace of them. Signs in the area say there are cameras watching the land, but Bouchard said he’s not aware of any cameras there.
“I wish they would have knocked on our door. We have the brightest light here,” said the woman in the blanket, gesturing to a spotlight above the garage doors. She would like to see some action from city officials to clean up the Lakeside property – at least to cut down the trees and brush, which make the site attractive to homeless people and others.
Like Rutherford, Councilman Mikal Goodman said he is distraught by the deaths, which he also called preventable.
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