ZEBULON, N.C. (WNCN) — A man is charged with four counts of murder after deputies said the bodies of his children were found in the trunk of a car at a home in Zebulon, the Johnston County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

The sheriff's office stated 911 operators received a call on Monday around 10:09 p.m. from a man who told them that he had killed his children.

Deputies then responded to the caller's home on the 100 block of Springtooth Drive in Zebulon. They located the man, who was identified as Wellington Delano Dickens III.

"Mr. Dickens stated to deputies his 3-year-old son was inside the house alive and four of his other children were deceased inside the trunk of a vehicle in the garage of the residence," the Johnston County Sheriff's Office said in a Tuesday news release.

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