Texas mom locked toddlers in hot car to punish them — now they’re dead

A 225-year-old Weatherford, TX woman is under arrest after she killed her children by locking them in a hot car for hours, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Cynthia Marie Randolph was arrested Friday by the Parker County Sheriff’s Department for the May 26th death of her 2-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son who she locked in a hot vehicle on what was then the hottest day of the year.

Randolph told the police she was trying to teach the 2-year-old a lesson by locking her in the car with her brother. The children were found unresponsive and later died before medical personnel could save them.

Initially, Randolph tried to convince the police that the children had gotten locked in the vehicle of their own accord. After telling multiple conflicting versions of the story, she admitted she had imprisoned the children herself, went inside and smoked marijuana, then took a nap for “2 to 3 hours.”

When she came back, the children were unconscious. In a panic, Randolph broke a window to make the scene look like an accident. The Star-Telegram noted that temperatures inside a closed vehicle on a 95-degree day can soar upwards to 140 degrees. The website noheatstroke.org says humans enter heat stroke — a potentially fatal condition — at 104 degrees.

The state of Texas has had 121 heat-related deaths of young children left in vehicles since 1990, more than any other U.S. state, according to KidAndCars.org and Star-Telegram researchers.


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/texas-mom-locked-toddlers-in-hot-car-to-punish-them-now-theyre-dead/

I reckon she should get 20 -->> 25 years in jail, for that act...

Though, it will be interesting to see if she actually does any serious time...

This is appalling. I hope she gets life.

Poor little souls. It's bad enough just being out in the hot weather, but to be locked in a boiling hot car is a horrible thing. Did she think they would die, or is she just stupid?

Why does Texas have so many deaths of children left in cars in searing heat?
Yes its hot, but so are hundreds of other places.

RIP those two tiny kids.

What the fuck did she think they'd learn sitting in a car anyway?

Stupid bitch.

Thorin wrote:A 225-year-old Weatherford, TX woman is under arrest after she killed her children by locking them in a hot car for hours, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

At 225-years old, I doubt they will incarcerate her at all.  They would have to pay for advanced geriatric care, and listening to Congress after today, I doubt they are willing to do that.

225 years old?

Even if for argument sake they accidentally locked themselves in the car, why did she not know about it? You are supposed to check up on small kids very frequently.

RIP those two small angels. x