2 Children Found Alone With Dead Parents

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - The sound of crying led a relative to a home where a 3-year-old girl and her month-old sister were alone with the bodies of their parents.

Police said the children may have been alone as long as a week before Friday's discovery. Police Detective Aaron Brown said the couple probably died of a drug overdose, but test results were pending.

Terence Sikora, 27, and Carrie Posner, 20, died in the house sometime during a week's time, authorities said.

"They were not trying to kill themselves," said Sikora's sister, Elizabeth, who lives 10 doors away. "They just had a drug accident." The couple used cocaine, and the husband had back problems and used prescription muscle relaxants, she said.

The infant, Julia Sikora, had lost weight and was severely dehydrated after days without care, Elizabeth Sikora said. She was hospitalized in good condition yesterday.

Yesterday, 3-year-old Amanda Sikora ran around her aunt's home with a pink pacifier in her mouth. "She's very independent," Elizabeth Sikora said. Amanda's parents "were on drugs so she took care of herself."

One neighbor said he had seen Amanda crying and pounding on the window several times.

Elizabeth Sikora said the entire family will help raise the

children.