Child Protective Services

The agency filed a lawsuit in 2013 to remove the children. They were placed in foster care but were later returned to the home. The case was dismissed in 2014.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins said Tuesday that his agency can't comment on why the Judge Glenn Devlin dismissed the lawsuit. A spokeswoman for Devlin declined comment.

Martin "Marty" Martinez had been under investigation since the Oct. 2 death of a toddler whose mother, Dr. Amanda Crews, was among the victims found Saturday afternoon in the Modesto home Martinez used to share with her.

Authorities have not determined a motive or released how the five died, including Martinez's and Crews' 6-month-old daughter, her 6-year-old daughter from another relationship and an unidentified 5-year-old.