In August 2006, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison, but appealed three times. West pleaded guilty in federal court in 2005 to two counts of possessing chemicals intended to be used in manufacturing methamphetamine, according to court records. Smith said the three daughters have been interviewed, but he declined to discuss what they said. He’s been cooperative, and was devastated by the discovery, he said. He was living in the house during the decade that authorities believe Huntsman had killed the babies, Smith said. Police have talked with West as they investigate his level of knowledge and involvement in the deaths, Smith said. Buhman said Huntsman is the principle suspect, but didn’t rule out more arrests as the investigation continues. Investigators believe West and Huntsman were together when the babies were born, but don’t believe he was aware of the killings. Huntsman’s three daughters - one teenager and two young adults - also lived in the house. It could take weeks to get the results, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman said. They don’t know who the babies’ fathers are. Investigators believe Huntsman is the mother of them all based on what she has told them but have ordered DNA tests to make sure that’s the case. West called police, who then found the bodies in the garage. The remains of a seventh baby police found appears to have been stillborn, authorities said. Huntsman, who was arrested Sunday on six counts of murder, was ordered held on $6 million bail - $1 million for each baby. Just the thought of somebody putting a baby into a box is a heartbreaker.” “You can’t plan when a baby is going to come. “How can you have a baby and not have evidence and other people know?” asked neighbor SanDee Wall. A day after her arrest on charges of killing her six babies, investigators and her neighbors puzzled over the grisly discovery, including how she could have concealed a half-dozen pregnancies over a 10-year period. She wrapped their bodies in a towel or a shirt, put them in plastic bags and then packed them inside boxes in the garage of her home south of Salt Lake City. Huntsman, 39, told police she either strangled or suffocated them immediately after they were born. PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) - Megan Huntsman was clear about what she did with six of her newborn babies.
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