--- description: Police have arrested a man in connection to the killing of three young girls would were found in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. title: 3 Kids Found Killed Inside Suburban Home image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d160c750a2d58f9/6988da5d196cf41d81041899/police-line-stock.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'One of the Most Difficult Scenes.' 3 Kids Found Killed Inside Suburban Home by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:33 AM CUTPublished: Aug 19, 2017 1:12 PM CUT  A blurred police car in the background behind yellow crime scene tape. A blurred police car in the background behind yellow crime scene tape.Getty Images/iStockphoto by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:33 AM CUTPublished: Aug 19, 2017 1:12 PM CUT Police have arrested a man in connection to the killing of three young girls who were found in a Maryland suburb of [Washington, D.C.](http://www.thedrive.com/tech/9460/nissan-linking-boston-and-washington-d-c-with-electric-car-charging-stations "undefined") [Prince George’s County Police said Saturday](http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2017/08/detectives-arrest-man-for-murder-of.html "undefined") that one of the victims is 6-year-old Nadira Withers, who is the suspect Antonio Williams’s sister. The other victims are 9-year-old Ariana Decree and 6-year-old Ajayah Decree, of Newark, N.J. Ariana and Ajayah are daughters of the suspect’s mother’s cousin. Police said that the three girls were found stabbed to death by Withers’ mother in a family home in Clinton when she came home from work. The three young girls were in the sole custody of Williams Friday. He confessed to killing the three girls and detectives are working to establish a motive. He’s been charged with ” three counts of first and second murder and related charges,” according to police. [Prince George’s County](http://time.com/4296794/prince-georges-county-firefighter-shot-and-killed/ "undefined") Police Department [said in a release](http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2017/08/alert-arrest-in-homicides-of-3-children%5F18.html "undefined") that they arrested Williams Friday night. Prince George’s County Deputy Chief Sammy Patel on Friday called the slayings “one of the most difficult scenes” that the department’s officers have encountered, and said the department will provide counseling services to responding officers, the AP reported. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4907412/3-kids-killed-maryland-home/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4907412/3-kids-killed-maryland-home/"},"headline":"'One of the Most Difficult Scenes.' 3 Kids Found Killed Inside Suburban Home","datePublished":"2017-08-19T13:12:05.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T04:33:27.000Z","description":"'One of the most difficult scenes'","url":"https://time.com/4907412/3-kids-killed-maryland-home/","keywords":["Crime","Maryland","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d160c750a2d58f9/6988da5d196cf41d81041899/police-line-stock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d160c750a2d58f9/6988da5d196cf41d81041899/police-line-stock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A police crime scene tape close-up","caption":"A police crime scene tape close-up","creditText":"Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4907412/3-kids-killed-maryland-home/","name":"'One of the Most Difficult Scenes.' 3 Kids Found Killed Inside Suburban Home"}}]}] ```