Parents are found dead from 'heroin overdoses' in home with three children after their daughter, 7, phoned her school and told teachers she couldn't wake them up

  • Police found bodies of Jessica Lally, 25, and Christopher Dilly, 26, inside their apartment in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Monday
  • Lally's seven-year-old daughter alerted staff at her school that something was wrong with her parents 
  • Investigators believe Lally and Dilly might have been dead for a day or two; no foul play is suspected 
  • A nine-month-old girl, three-year-old boy and five-year-old boy were inside the home with the dead parents 
  • Woman who identified herself as Jessica's sister in February accused her sibling of being a drug addict and keeping the kids in filthy conditions

A Pennsylvania couple have been found dead of suspected drug overdoses after their seven-year-old daughter told officials at her school she couldn't wake up her parents.

The Allegheny County medical examiner says the bodies of 26-year-old Christopher Dilly and 25-year-old Jessica Lally were found Monday evening in their McKeesport apartment.

Authorities say a nine-month-old girl, three-year-old boy and five-year-old boy who were inside the home were taken to a hospital to be evaluated.

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No foul play: Police suspect that 26-year-old Christopher Dilly and 25-year-old Jessica Lally (pictured) passed away from a drug overdose 

No foul play: Police suspect that 26-year-old Christopher Dilly and 25-year-old Jessica Lally (pictured) passed away from a drug overdose 

Heartbreaking find: The young couple were found dead in their home in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, after their seven-year-old daughter said in school she cannot wake up her parents 

Heartbreaking find: The young couple were found dead in their home in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, after their seven-year-old daughter said in school she cannot wake up her parents 

Lt. Andrew Schurman says it appears Dilly and Lally might have been dead for a day or two. He says they are believed to have died from a drug overdose and foul play is not suspected.

Police say another fatal heroin overdose happened on the same street earlier that day. 

Police were called to the couple's home in the 900 block of Evans Avenue at around 5pm after Lally and Dilly's oldest daughter alerted a counsellor at her school that something was wrong with her parents.

Police say evidence of drug use was found inside the family's apartment where their bodies were discovered.

Autopsies will be conducted on the two adults to determine the exact cause and manner of death.

Neighbor Jordon McCallister told the station WPXI he saw Dilly and Lally's children on Sunday but there was no sign of their parents.

Lally was a mother of four young children
Three of Lally's four kids are seen here

Lally (left) was a mother of four young children (three pictured right). Police found a nine-month-old girl, three-year-old boy and five-year-old boy in the house with the bodies 

Police say Jessica Lally, 25, and Christopher Dilly, 26, might have been dead for a day or two

Police say Jessica Lally, 25, and Christopher Dilly, 26, might have been dead for a day or two

Back in February, a woman who identified herself as Jessica Lally's sister, Courtney, shared with the true-crime blog Umbrella of Suspicion a series of striking photos that were purportedly taken inside Jessica and Christopher's previous place of residence.

According to the blog entry, Courtney Lally accused her sister of being a drug addict and keeping her four children living in filthy conditions.

Lally aired her grievances against her sister in a rambling, punctuation-free Facebook status update dated February 13, which read: 'this is how Jessica Leigh Lally lives with her children and Christopher Dilly flood Facebook with this in till it gets to them I want people to see what dirty bad parents they truly are its so sad they do not care about their children never have never will they beat their kids and make em stand in the corner all day they children are so damaged its not funny'.

The post was accompanied by photos purportedly taken inside the couple's then-home showing filthy rooms strewn with piles of garbage, a dirty bathroom with stains on the wall and a broken door hanging off the hinges.

Sister's rant: Jessica Lally's sister, Courtney, took to Facebook in February publicly accusing her sibling of being a drug addict and a bad parents 

Sister's rant: Jessica Lally's sister, Courtney, took to Facebook in February publicly accusing her sibling of being a drug addict and a bad parents 

In this post, Courtney Lally doubled down, claiming that Jessica was abusing her two sons and two daughters 

In this post, Courtney Lally doubled down, claiming that Jessica was abusing her two sons and two daughters 

In a follow-up post, Courtney Lally claimed that her four nieces and nephews have medical and developments problems allegedly caused by her sister’s drug addiction.

She said that one of her nephews was still in diapers and could barely talk at age four, while the woman’s other son 'walked like a baboon' and communicated with screams and grunts.

Courtney Lally also claimed that one of Jessica’s daughters had to stay in the hospital for several extra days after her birth because she had drugs in her system.

She said her and Jessica’s mother raised the girl from infancy, which she explains why she was a straight-A student with a nearly perfect attendance in school.

Jessica Lally (left) had no drug arrests in Pennsylvania. Her live-in boyfriend (right) was only arrested in December on a disorderly conduct charge, of which he was later cleared 

Jessica Lally (left) had no drug arrests in Pennsylvania. Her live-in boyfriend (right) was only arrested in December on a disorderly conduct charge, of which he was later cleared 

According to the crime blog, Jessica Lally fired back in a series of text messages, accusing her family of spreading lies about her and her boyfriend so they could take away her children.

At one point, according to the website, the Department of Children and Youth Services had taken Jessica Lally’s children away from her and placed them in the care of their grandmother, but eventually the woman regained custody of her two sons and two daughters.

The Tube City Almanac reported that court records in Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties showed no drug arrests for either Dilly or Lally.

The boyfriend was arrested in December on a disorderly conduct charge but was found not guilty.

 

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