LAUDERHILL, Fla. — Her skirt was long in the colors of black and white. Her very shiny wig of black curls was pulled back into a ponytail. But perhaps what stood out the most and may make people come forward to police in the midst of a death investigation is the sign she carried in her neighborhood recently: “Death is the only way.” Acting on a tip, one of many that have surfaced since the .
Police are looking into reports that the mother of two young girls found dead in a South Florida canal was offering to baptize people in the canal a day earlier.
Officials said the medical examiner will determine the girls cause of death but said there were no apparent signs of trauma.
The body of Destiny was discovered around noon on Tuesday in the canal in a residential neighborhood along Northwest 59th Way, officials said.
Then, around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, the body of her sister, Daysha, was found in the same canal, wearing a similar outfit, police said.
Lauderhill Police
Sisters Daysha and Destiny Hogan
Police said the girls were never reported missing but had been last seen with their mother around 5 p.m. Monday. Bigwood said they don t know what time either girl went into the water.