While the mother of two children stabbed to death in Brockton was arrested and charged with murder, the father of at least one of the children who were killed remains behind bars after being indicted on charges of distributing crack cocaine, according to court records.
BROCKTON - As his 8-year-old son named after him was being stabbed to death in Brockton by the mother, according to prosecutors, the father of the child was being held in a county jail on charges of dealing crack cocaine.
Edson Marlon-Wayne Brito, the 8-year-old who was found stabbed to death in a Prospect Street home on Monday, was named after his father, Edson Brito. A 5-year-old son was also killed, according to prosecutors, although it's unclear at this time if Brito was the father of that child, identified at Lason Brito.
Latarsha Sanders, formerly known as Latarsha Sanders Brito, was arraigned on murder charges for the death of her 8-year-old and 5-year-old son on Tuesday at Brockton District Court. Sanders was ordered held without bail and is due back in court on April 9.
It's unclear at this point if the 5-year-old child who was also killed by Latarsha Sanders, formerly known as Latarsha Sanders Brito.
The elder Brito remains behind bars at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility on charges of dealing crack cocaine about a year ago.
Brito, now age 36, was arrested in January 2017 at the Yasso Stop and Gas on Warren Avenue, where police said he was caught making a drug deal, before attempting to swallow crack cocaine during his arrest.
At the time of his arrest, Brito, was living in the third-floor apartment where the two children were found stabbed to death, according to police and court records.
Brito was later indicted on charges of possession with intent to distribute a Class B drug, along with disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. Brito is due back in court on March 8 for his next hearing in the case.