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An arrest warrant request has been filed in the case of two Michigan children who died in a van during below-freezing temperatures.

Darnell Currie Jr., 9, and A´millah Currie, 2, died from carbon monoxide poisoning after spending the night inside their family vehicle at a Detroit casino parking garage on February 10.

They were among five children and two adults inside the van, including their 29-year-old mother, Tateona Williams.

After hearing Williams' story, Chad Audi, president and CEO of Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, coordinated with the city to provide her with a fully furnished home for one year, reported Fox 19.

Now, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office told DailyMail.com it has received a request for a criminal warrant related to the case from the Detroit Police Department.

'The warrant is being reviewed and further information will be released when a decision has been made,' the prosecutors office said.

While sources told FOX 2 that Williams could face charges, Detroit police denied that she is a suspect.

'The Detroit Police Department has completed its investigation into their deaths and submitted the findings to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for review. DPD has not requested charges to be filed against any family member of the children,' Chief Todd A. Bettison said.











Darnell Currie Jr., 9, and A´millah Currie, 2, died from carbon monoxide poisoning after spending the night inside their family vehicle





The children's mother Tateona Williams (pictured) was gifted a fully furnished home for one year

'As we do with every case, we have simply turned over our investigative file to the Prosecutor's Office for its review and determination.'

The family had been living out of the vehicle for two to three months and sometimes chose to park at casinos for safety and access to restrooms.

The van stopped running overnight and couldn't produce heat while the outside temperature was under 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

When Williams noticed her nine-year-old was not breathing in the morning, she called a friend who came to the scene and let her use her car to drive to the hospital.

While they were en route to the hospital, the mother also realized that her two-year-old was also not breathing, and when her friend came back, the 'entire family' got into the vehicle and rushed to the hospital.

At the hospital, both child were pronounced dead. Their cause of death was carbon monoxide toxicity while the manner of death was accident, said Dr. LokMan Sung, the Wayne County medical examiner. 




Williams had called the city on November 25 to say their temporary housing was about to end, but no one followed up and she didn't call back





The family had been living in a van for a couple of months, and had parked it on the ninth floor of a casino parking lot when it ran out of gas





They were among five children and two adults inside the van, including their 29-year-old mother, Tateona Williams

Freezing temperatures at the time of their deaths caused Detroit officials to try to learn if the family had fallen through cracks in social services. 

Williams had called the city on November 25 to say their temporary housing was about to end, but no one followed up and she didn't call back, according to Mayor Mike Duggan.

Mayor Duggan announced policy changes in the wake of their deaths, including in-person visits with families reporting an imminent loss of housing, a 24-hour hotline and police checks of parked cars.

'This is something that's going to be hard to accept for a long time, that we had the beds in place,' Duggan said of 1,400 available shelter beds. 

'This cannot ever happen again,' he said.

'The shortest way for somebody in an emergency is go to a police precinct. They will navigate the process and get you to a shelter,' Duggan explained.

One of the changes being made will see city outreach staff now visit families who call to report an imminent loss of housing.

'When there are emergency calls, even if someone is still housed with minor children, there will be an onsite visit from an outreach worker,' Duggan told reporters.


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