2 dead children found in trunk of car during Baltimore County traffic stop identified By FOX 5 Digital Team Published 2 dead children found in trunk of car during Baltimore County traffic stop Baltimore County police say they found the dead bodies of two children in a car during a routine traffic stop in Essex Wednesday night. ESSEX, Md. - Baltimore County police say they found the dead bodies of two children in a car during a routine traffic stop in Essex Wednesday night. According to police, they pulled over the vehicle near Wagners Lane. Police told WJZ in Baltimore that the children were found in the trunk and that they "had been dead for some time." The children were identified Thursday night as 7-year-old Joshlyn Johnson and 5-year-old Larry O'Neil.