Funeral services have been announced for the three Danbury children and their mother who died last week.  The funeral is scheduled for Friday at 10am at St. Peter Catholic Church. Visitation will take place there Thursday from 3pm to 9pm.  The state Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the children's causes of death was strangulation while 36-year old Sonia Loja died by hanging. 

St. Peter Catholic Church has set up a funeral fund for the family.

Pedro Panjon told reporters, through a translator, that his wife was distraught over the loss of income after being ordered to close her day care business in June.  The state Office of Early Childhood visited the Whaley Street home four times in June about the illegal business.  Loja was told to provider her Social Security number and other documentation to comply with legal operation requirements.  The family was living in the U.S. illegally and didn’t have the required documents to operate the day care.