Warrant: Atlanta mom put toddlers in oven, turned it on

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According to a warrant, an Atlanta woman is accused of killing her two young sons by putting them in an oven and turning it on. 

Local media reported Monday that the warrant charging Lamora Williams with murder in the deaths of 1-year-old son Ja'Karter Penn and 2-year-old Ke-Yaunte Penn says she put them in the oven sometime between midnight Thursday and 11 p.m. Friday.

A third boy, 3-year-old Jameel Penn Jr., was found unharmed.

Williams waived a court appearance Monday and was denied bail.

The father of all three children, Jameel Penn, says Williams called him by video chat Friday night to tell him his children were dead. Penn says he called police after seeing his sons on the floor.

Williams' sister, Tabitha Hollingsworth, says Williams should be put on suicide watch in the Fulton County jail.

Police told FOX 5 in Atlanta the children sustained burns possibly from the stove.

"They've been sent to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office for autopsies, so we can figure out the cause of death," Atlanta Police Lieutenant Carven Tyus said.

Jameel, aka JR, was the only child to survive the ordeal. But family members said he witnessed his mom's actions.

"That baby seen everything," said a tearful aunt at a vigil Saturday night, grateful the three-year-old survived the ordeal.

"I treated those babies as if they were mine... they didn't deserve this at all," said Ashley Strange, a next-door neighbor who was in tears; Strange and other loved ones ask themselves why the mother did not ask for help that night for a caregiver.

Williams is being held without bond.