The children of murdered Staten Island teacher Jeanine Cammarata rode in a car with their mom’s charred body as their dad and his new girlfriend allegedly drove to hide the remains, according to a report on Wednesday.
The kids, a 3-year-old boy and 7-year-old girl, were packed into the car by their father, Michael Cammarata and his live-in girlfriend, Ayisha Egea when the couple went to a storage facility last month to conceal their alleged crime, law enforcement sources told the Staten Island Advance.
Three other children, belonging to Egea, were also in the car, according to the report.
Surveillance footage shows the couple accompanied by the five children, who were “oblivious” to what was inside a plastic bin in the car, the sources said.
Days later, investigators would find Cammarata’s burned remains in a storage unit in Arden Heights, along with air fresheners in an attempt to mask the smell of her decaying flesh.
Michael, 42, and Ayisha, 41, who is six-months pregnant, were charged last week with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence and concealing a human corpse in Jeanine’s death.
Following their mother’s death and the incarceration of their dad, the two children are staying with Michael’s sister, the report said.
Jeanine, 37, also had an 11-year-old son who lives with his father on Long Island.