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Coroner IDs Wolcottville family found dead in home

WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. (NETWORK INDIANA) — The woman and three children who were found dead in a home in Wolcottville on Tuesday have been identified.

The Noble County Coroner says she was 32-year-old Rebecca Hughes, and the children were eight-year-old Evelyn Newell, six-year-old Allison Newell, and five-year-old Amelia Newell.

The cause of their deaths has not been released.

Jonathan Newell, the father of the young girls, has started a GoFundMe for their funeral expenses that has raised nearly $31,000 so far.

He says Rebecca “took them with her when she passed.”

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