There have been a couple of other articles posted.
Mom left the 5 yr old and the 14 yr old at the laundry.
14 yr old put the child in the washer.
Don't know if it was malicious or just stupid.
But the teen did it.
It seems that we have only the brother's word that the machine started all by itself (after he closed the door on her).
Whoa. From the other article posted, the police reviewed the video camera and examined fingerprints on the coins in the machine. That's when they turned their attention to the brother, and arrested him.
Hmmm. . . .