joining me now is dustin sternbeck with the arlington county police.l us what you can so far. >> approximately 7:50 this morning police were called to the 1100 block of 18th street south in aurora highlands where they discovered a 42-year-old single mother of two deceased in her residence. >> her children were out in the street were they not? >> a passer-by located two churn in the pajamas in front of the house in the intersection of the roadway, stopped to see if they needed assistance at which time they alerted the police. >> reporter: what about the father of those children. where is he? >> police have made contact on scene here. that individual has not been taken into custody or detained. he is cooperating with the police investigation at this time. >> reporter: so right now what can you tell me? >> it's an ongoing police investigation. the children have been transported to child protective services by arlington county police department to be in a safe comfortable environment. we're going to be here for the foreseeable future. we have a tragic deat