The story of what happened with four
young brothers in West Harris County
apartment is horrific and heartbreaking,
but it's important to understand what
happened so everyone can recognize
the signs and hopefully be able to
rescue other children who are having to
suffer the same nightmare in silence.
This case involves a man accused
of beating his girlfriend children
killing one of them while the mother is
accused of failing to protect her boys.
Lauren Talarico is asking the
tough questions tonight about
how these children could suffer.
For so long without anyone noticing, you
know, the more we learn about this
investigation, the worse it gets.
Tonight, we're about to give you
an inside look into the lives of
this mother and her boyfriend.
But first we have got to warn you what
you're about to hear is upsetting.
Given has not for everybody. These
videos and pictures you are seeing
are from the public Instagram
accounts of Gloria Williams and
her boyfriend Brian Coulter.
Crawling through,
they showcased jewelry,
food and he talks about getting
drunk or high repeatedly
made weed joint made that my love.
I just do my fair share of things
today in court as Gloria Williams
stood before a judge prosecutor
said her son told investigators
Coulters drinking led to the abuse he
stated when the Co defendant would
drink beer and alcohol he would
get very strong investigators
with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Say the boys were beaten,
locked in rooms and malnourished,
forced to live alone in the
same apartment with their eight
year old brothers remains.
Court documents, say Coulter beat
a little Kendrick Lee to death in
front of two of his brothers just
before Thanksgiving last year,
striking him in the face, feet,
buttocks, back his legs and
testicles with closed fists and feet,
he stated his younger brother's eyes
were black and that he stopped blinking.
During the assault on
Sunday, the 15 year old scene blurred here
called 911 and this hell was discovered
in my long time of working homicides.
This one is up there, you know,
this one affected us,
but we saw soiled carpet,
no furniture, no furniture at all,
no batting, no blanket.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez also says the
apartment was infested with bugs and the
10 year old had a broken jaw from about
three weeks ago that he needs surgery.
To correct, investigators also believe that
two of the boys are on the autism spectrum.
As for why the teen waited so long to
call 911, I believe it was absolute fear.
Investigators say the mother
would drop off junk food.
Neighbors say they too would provide food
but had no idea what was going on inside.
A leaf ISD confirms the kids hadn't
been in school since May of last year,
and there were no CPS investigations open,
according to the agency.
Although they had a history with the family,
these kids slip through the safety Nets
and what we know is that they
work well for some, but they're
not intended for for all.
Ali Jacobs is the director of
counseling at the Houston Area
Women's Center. What do we need
to do to make sure that no
other children suffer this way?
What typically happens is kind of
this by standard effect that someone
thinks that someone else is going
to do something you don't rely on
someone else to do the checking or do
the action and also ask questions.
Serving meals is helpful,
but also like when was the last
time you ate like who's feeding
you on a regular basis tonight.
Those three children are in foster care.
Investigators say they will play a
huge role in this murder case. My
hope and prayer and I'm sure that
the committee shares is that these
kids find the love, support and
care that they deserve and need.
The boyfriend in this case
is charged with murder.
His bond was set at $1,000,000.
The mother is facing several charges
including tampering with evidence.
Her bond. Was set at 900,000.
Were told charges could be added.
Reporting from West Harris County.
I'm Lauren tallarico.
OK to U 11 news. It
is also very infuriating.
Lauren thank you something
else the sheriff reiterated today.
If you see something say something
you just never know when it
might save a life again.
Lauren, thank you for the update.
Will follow this story from the
recovery of those boys and the case
against their mother and her boyfriend.
Also read more about the allegations
on our website. Khou.com