The town of Blackstone has released photographs and video footage taken inside a squalid St. Paul Street home where investigators found the remains of three infants in September.
There are 234 photographs taken from Sept. 13 to 15, according to time stamps on the images. They show deplorable conditions inside the home, including walls smeared with feces, a dog carcass, and mattresses saturated with waste.
The images and videos were released this week in response to a public records request, according to the Blackstone Board of Health.
A cleaning company hired by the town worked for 90 hours over four days to clean the home. Some images show rooms that had been emptied by crews, and one of the videos appears to show the property’s interior after the massive cleanup. The town demolished the house last month.
Erika L. Murray, 31, who lived in the home with her boyfriend and four children, faces multiple charges, including concealing fetal death and permitting substantial injury to a child. She has pleaded not guilty and is being held on $1 million bail.
Records list the property owner as Kristina Rivera, of Woonsocket, R.I. She is the sister of Ramon Rivera III, 37, Murray’s live-in boyfriend and the father of four living children taken from the home.
He has not been charged in connection with unsanitary conditions found in the home, but is accused of growing marijuana in the basement. Rivera is scheduled to return to Uxbridge District Court on Wednesday.
Authorities learned of the depraved situation inside the home on Aug. 28, when a neighbor called 911 after entering the residence. The woman went inside the property after her young son called her and said his 10-year-old friend needed help soothing a crying infant.
Inside, she found two girls, ages 3 and 5 months, suffering from what authorities described as profound neglect. Officials have said Murray hid the younger children from Rivera.
All four children were removed from the home by state authorities. The infant remains were found a week later after investigators returned to the residence in search of documentation for the younger children.
Prosecutors assert that two of the infants were probably born alive, though the medical examiner has not completed the autopsies. Defense attorney Keith S. Halpern has said Murray told police one infant lived several days before dying inexplicably in a bassinet.
Murray’s next court date is scheduled for January. A judge this week ruled that she does not have to attend that hearing.
Laura Crimaldi can be reached at laura.crimaldi@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @lauracrimaldi.
Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated an attorney’s knowledge of how long an infant whose remains were found in a Blackstone home lived. Defense lawyer Keith Halpern has said his client, Erika L. Murray, told police that the infant lived for a short period of time.