ZEBULON, N.C. —

A North Carolina man was charged Tuesday with four counts of murder after telling authorities that he had killed his children and after sheriff's deputies found human remains in the trunk of a vehicle in his home's garage.

Wellington Delano Dickens III, 38, was being held without bond in the Johnston County Jail, according to the county's sheriff’s office and court records.

Dickens had been charged earlier Tuesday in the death of one of his children, a sheriff's office news release said. Three more murder counts were filed later in the day, records show.

Dickens called 911 on Monday evening and told the operator he had killed his children, the sheriff's statement said.

Johnston County deputies responded, and as Dickens had told them, his 3-year-old son was alive inside

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