On Tuesday her boyfriend Arzel Ivery, 25, was charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide for their deaths

A Milwaukee woman who was found dead in her garage along with her two daughters is said to have begged for her life screaming 'Please don't kill me' as her boyfriend allegedly beat her and strangled her to death.

Cops discovered the bodies of Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and her daughters Cameria Banks, four, and Zaniya Ivery, five, burned and left in a garage on Sunday, a week after they were last seen on February 8.

Her boyfriend Arzel Ivery, 25, led police to their bodies and on Tuesday he was formally charged with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide for their deaths in Milwaukee County.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that Ivery strangled his girlfriend after he failed to attend the funeral of their infant son, then killed her daughters and fled to Tennessee.

He allegedly kissed her two daughters and told them their mother wanted them to be in heaven with her before strangling them, authorities said.

Milwaukee mother Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, (left) and her two daughters were strangled to death and their bodies burned by her boyfriend Arzel Ivery, 25, (right) after they got into a fight on February 8. They fought over the fact that he did not attend the funeral of their one-year-old son who died of respiratory problems

The bodies of the little girls Zaniya (right), five, and Cameria (left), four, were found in a Milwaukee garage along with their mother on Sunday, a week after they went missing. Arzel told police where their bodies were

Banks and her daughters disappeared the day after after the funeral for her infant 21-month-old son who died from bronchitis on January 24.

The three returned returned home from the funeral in the very early hours of February 8 and neighbors allege they heard Ivery severely beating Banks.

Ivery reportedly told investigators he killed his girlfriend and her daughters after he got into a fight with Banks.

She was upset with him because he worked a security guard and he worked during the funeral of their son Arzel Ivery Jr.

The child, who had a history of asthma, passed away of viral bronchitis and bronchiolitis while under the care of his father.

Banks was reportedly 'inconsolable' after her son's death and was 'extremely angry' at her boyfriend, accusing him of negligence in the child's passing.

According to the legal complaint, Ivery said Banks yelled at him that he did not care about their son's death, then she picked up a knife and said she did not want to live.

Ivery said Banks cut his left wrist. He then grabbed Banks, pushed her head into a wall twice and strangled her, according to the complaint.

'He stated that Ms. Banks was not fighting him, so he figured that she wanted to die,' the complaint said

Neighbors reported hearing 'thumping sounds' similar to a person or a head being slammed against the wall, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Ivery allegedly said he then killed the children because he didn't want them to live in a world without their mother.

He went into the kids' bedroom, took Zaniya out of the room and kissed her and told her 'Daddy loves you'. He said her mother wanted her in heaven. Then he strangled her, the complaint said.

Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and her two little girls who have all been found dead

Ivery then returned to the room, woke up Camaria, kissed her, and told her the same thing, before strangling her to death.

'The Defendant stated that it was his family, that he brought his kids into this world and that he can take them out if he wanted,' the complaint said.

Ivery is alleged to have started dismembering his girlfriend's body using a steak knife but stopped after reaching a leg bone.

He then drove to the garage of his former apartment building, dragged the bodies into a back corner and lit them on fire. When the fire did not appear to be hot enough, Ivery threw gasoline onto the smoldering bodies, the complaint said.

He then abandoned the bodies of Banks and her two daughters, one of whom Ivery was the father of, in a garage.

Then he fled to Memphis Tennessee where his father lives and where he intended to start a new life.

Banks and her two daughters were found dead on Sunday in a garage behind his apartment building on the 4700 block of West Burleigh Street.

Despite Ivery's account that he was helping Banks take her own life, two neighbors reported hearing her in danger on February 8.

One neighbor told police she saw Amarah running through the parking lot of the apartment building where she lived with no shoes on and she was bleeding from her mouth.

She screamed 'No, no, please don't kill me,' as her boyfriend dragged her back into the building.

A second neighbor in the same apartment called 911 around 1.51am. Police officers responded around 2am to the building in the 5900 block of N. Sherman Boulevard but could not locate the complainant. When that happens police typically leave.

Amarah 'Jerica' Banks, 26, and her daughters Zaniya, five, and Cameria, four, who were found in a garage Sunday

A missing persons report was filed on February 9 and police launched an investigation.

When police went into Banks apartment for a search they didn't find any trace of her or her girls. They found a head-sized hole in the wall of the bedroom.

They also found a napkin with droplets of blood on it and found that a bed was missing a comforter.

When questioned by police, Ivery said he worked the night of the funeral and admitted they got into a fight but said he slept in his car and not in the apartment.

They fought 'because Ms. Banks blamed (Ivery) for the death of their son. Ms. Banks told (Ivery) that she could not even look at (him) because he reminded her of their son,' according to the criminal complaint.

He said Banks went outside the apartment during that fight and he had to 'coach' her back inside.

He was in Memphis, Tennessee when he was interviewed by police.

The criminal complaint says that Ivery went to his father William in Memphis and told him he killed Banks and her daughters, leading the father to contact police.

Something Ivery said in his interview with Memphis authorities led Milwaukee police to issue an Amber Alert for Banks and the two daughters and Ivery eventually gave police information that led Milwaukee cops to the bodies.

Autopsies had been scheduled to take place on Monday.