Trial Date Set For Couple Accused Of Children’s Deaths

Two people are scheduled to begin trial in Salinas on charges involving the deaths of two young children found inside an East Redding storage unit. 3-year-old Delylah Tara and 6-year-old Shaun Tara had been in the custody of Tami Huntsman and her teenage boyfriend, Gonzalo Curiel. Officials believe the children died in Salinas as a result of ongoing physical abuse, and the couple then drove their bodies to Redding. They were arrested after a severely abused 9-year-old girl was found in a locked car in Quincy. Huntsman would not reveal the location of the two younger children, but under intensive questioning her boyfriend, Curiel, pointed investigators to Triple-A Enterprise Stor-All on Tarmac Road in Redding. Curiel is not eligible for the death penalty because of his age. Huntsman is eligible but prosecutors have not said if they’ll seek capital punishment for her. A jury trial is set for February 6th but that may change at a trial setting appearance set for next Wednesday.

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