PONTIAC, Mich. — A 35-year-old mother and two of her children found dead in a field in Pontiac on Sunday afternoon died of hypothermia, a tragedy that underscores the country's mental health crisis, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Monday.
Bouchard said Monica Cannady and her young sons, Kyle Milton, 9, and Malik Milton, 3, had been spotted wandering the area without winter clothing on in the days leading up to their deaths.
Cannady's family said she was suffering from an ongoing mental health crisis, Bouchard said.
