An autopsy conducted Saturday found no evidence that foul play contributed to the death of a woman whose body was found along with her malnourished 3-week-old twins, police said. Authorities responding to a report of a foul odor Friday found malnourished 3-week-old twins under a bed in an apartment containing their mother's decomposing remains. She was identified Saturday as Virginia Wanjiru Njoroge, who was originally from Kenya.

Her infant daughter and son were hospitalized and the girl died Friday evening. Her twin brother was in critical condition Saturday. Authorities said their 36-year-old mother appeared to have been dead for several days.  Emergency crews who found the woman's body noticed car seats and other baby items in the apartment, leading to a more thorough search.

When a paramedic bumped the bed the twins were underneath, one of the babies made a faint cry. The other twin was too weak. "It was a miracle the paramedic noticed the child seat in the apartment and that the police questioned where the children were," said Eric Gourley, a Johnson County Med-Act battalion chief.

The discovery shook emergency crews, who asked to see a chaplain upon returning to headquarters. "Dealing with babies and small children is very stressful," Gourley said. "The little ones get close to you."

Group Hopes To Send Bodies Of Woman, Newborn To Kenya

The Organization of Kenyans in Kansas City plans to raise money to send the bodies of a mother and her 3-week-old daughter to the woman's homeland of Kenya.

The group's leaders expect to start the fundraising this week. They say they want to make sure Virginia Njoroge and her child -- who were found in their Olathe apartment on Friday -- get a Kenyan burial. Authorities said they believed Njoroge, 36, had been dead for several days when emergency crews found her body. The baby and her twin brother, who were both malnourished, were found under a bed.

The girl twin died at a hospital on Friday evening, and the boy twin remained in critical condition on Sunday night. Police didn't suspect any foul play.
  

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