ZEBULON, N.C. (WNCN) — Day two of a murder investigation in Johnston County, North Carolina, is underway after deputies said four children were found inside the trunk of a car this week, and their father confessed to killing them.

The Johnston County Sheriff's Office held an update on the investigation at its headquarters in Smithfield on Wednesday morning.

"What would make a father want to kill their own kids?" Sheriff Steve Bizzell said during the press conference.

The father, who authorities identified as 38-year-old Wellington Delano Dickens III of Zebulon, is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday afternoon for three of the four murder charges filed during the preliminary investigation. He made his first appearance on Tuesday.

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