Posted on 01/15/2019 10:13:11 AM PST by BenLurkin
The mother of the 4-year-old told investigators that she was outside watching the children and went in to use the bathroom. When she returned, the children were gone.
The mother said she woke up the grandmother of the other two children and they began to search around the house as well as a vacant home next door, the sheriff’s office said.
Sheriff Sam St. John told NBC News that the two women, who are friends and live together at the home with the children, spent between 30 to 40 minutes looking for the kids before they checked the freezer.
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Isn’t it against the law most places to leave old freezers around without the doors removed or locked with a hasp and lock?
That’s awful. A hasp had been placed on the unplugged and apparently discarded chest freezer which wouldn’t allow for it to be opened from the inside. The kids were found within 30 minutes but had already suffocated.
how old is this fridge? been a long time since made with latches.to prevent this very thing.
more to the story?
In before the Goodfellas scene of the guy frozen stiff.
Yes, and if there is no law it should be common sense.
Yes, there are laws. Just like gun laws, this law can’t take into account for mistakes and someone not following them.
How did they all get in there (especially the one year old) and then shut the lid. They are unbelievably heavy.
And you leave a one year old outside? I would have taken the little one with me.
This still doesn't make a lot of sense.
Yes, but have to actually read the story...
She left children ages one, four and six outside while she went to the bathroom.
A whole spate of these tragedies happened in the 1950s, causing all the manufacturers to design their freezers so kids couldn’t lock themselves in. Horrible.
“I would have taken the little one with me.”
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Me too. I had one that I had to take into the bathroom with me when we were home-——a real imp.
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I'm having a difficult time believing this story. Found within 30 minutes?
When the cover slammed,leaving them in the dark,the poor kids probably all went hysterical,using more oxygen.
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Who still owns a freezer with a latching handle? Weren’t those outlawed in the 60s?
I used a playpen for my kids. Some folks scoffed at that...but I was working at home and didn't have ten sets of eyes.
I am, too. Call 9-11 first...if they don’t answer...then hunt.
A tragedy. Someone should have seen the freezer and realized that it was a dangerous hazard, and chopped it to pieces or locked it securely so that no one could go into it.
I remember the epidemic of deaths in the 50’s when people discarded their old fridges or iceboxes for new ones.
I used playpens too-———wonderful things.
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