Funeral for Devean and Ja'van Duley

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The funeral for Devean Duley, 2, and Ja'van Duley, 18 months. Mother Shaquan Duley has been charged with smothering the toddlers and staging the deaths to look accidental.

Helen Duley places flowers on the caskets of her grandsons. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staged a car accident to cover up the deaths.

Ja'van T. Duley, left, and Devean C. Duley. Their mother, Shaquan Duley, confessed to smothering the toddlers and has been charged with two counts of murder.

The caskets of Devean Duley and Ja'Van Duley arrive for the funeral.

Helen Duley, center, leads her family outside the church after funeral services for her two grandsons.

An unidentified mourner walks past the open caskets of Devean Duley and Ja'van Duley before their funeral service. The boys were dressed in matching white tuxedos, their hands clasped across their chests.

A couple who would only identify themselves as family wipe away tears after viewing the caskets.

Arthur Duley, left, comforts his granddaughter Saniya Duley at her brothers' graveside service as her grandmother Helen Duley, right, views the caskets of her grandsons.

Doves are released during the graveside service for the toddlers.

Family members console each other after leaving the funeral service of Devean Duley, 2 and Ja'van Tyrell Duley, 18 months, at St. Paul Baptist Church in Orangeburg, S.C.

Toys and stuffed dolls are left at a memorial at the Shillings Bridge landing of North Edisto River where the car owned by Shaquan Duley, was found with her two toddlers strapped in their car seats in Orangeburg, S.C.

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Helen Duley places flowers on the caskets of her grandsons. The boys' 29-year-old mother, Shaquan Duley, was not allowed to attend. Investigators say she confessed to smothering her children Sunday night then staged a car accident to cover up the deaths.

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