ZEBULON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Disturbing new details emerged Monday from recently unsealed search warrants in the case of Wellington Dickens III . He was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree murder in late October after he called 911 and said he killed his three biological children and his stepson.

The deaths happened between May and September at Dickens' home in Zebulon. He confessed to killing the four after telling law enforcement officers that he overdisciplined his children.

In newly unsealed search warrants, Dickens told investigators that his 1-month-old son, Riley, died shortly after the family moved into the Zebulon home. According to warrants, Dickens also told investigators he buried the young child about four feet into the ground in the woods behind the hous

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