Two Boys Die in Trunk of Mother's Car

I would say she wasn't watching them very good. My senior in high school isn't even gone for 8 hours without me knowing where he is. That is a terrible tradgedy. I guess we can't really blame the mom without knowing all the details.

I think that training your kids on things they need to know about is a very important step in raising them. As adults, I think that all those things we learned over the years get compounded and it gets very easy to forget the mentality that our children have about certain things. For me, I just have to stay on top what they are doing, and let the kids know right away what's okay and what isn't. You have to tell them and not just assume they know the right thing to do because many times they don't. Think about when you were a kid and how many trial and error situations you found yourself in...where you picked a path and no one told you any differently about it. Not to say that you have monitor every last little thing your kids do, (I don't even know if that's possible anyway) because I do believe that even the smallest kid needs privacy. But I think we should, as parents, just let you our kids know about things as they come up. And you have to remind them about what you have said, as well. To answer your last question,about the mother being to blame for it, I don't know. Who can say for sure? Did she ever tell them not to get in the trunk of the car? Did she ever give them a reason why? Sadly, these questions can't bring back 2 little boys. But hopefully this kind of thing can be avoided from now on.

This is absolutelly terrible! I do think the mother should be held accountable. Where was she for 8 hours? When I let my son outside to play (which I hardly ever due because I am a very paranoid mother) I always have my eyes on him. I even sit outside with him as he is playing. Although, he is only three years old, I can assume these boys were older, but the situation should of never been able to happen. Even when my son gets older, I will still keep a hawk eye on him, because, like I said, I am a very paranoid, but cautious mother. I let my son out to play one day, and he was placing his swing chain around his neck! I ran outside instantly, freaking out of course, and took all his swings off of his swingset. I explained to him NEVER to do that again, but he will not have the choice now since I have removed them. They have been removed to this day due to what happened. I don't know when I will place them up again for him to play on them. If I hadn't of been paying attention to him like I always do, who knows what would have happened. It terrifies me to this day. So, I do think the mother should be held accountable, due to her negligence.

Oh my this is the first time I have heard anything like this before. The mother is partly to blame because she should of been looking out for them - 8 hours is a long time for her not to notice her boys were missing. This is a very sad story.

I think the mother is totally to blame for this. For one her car should of been locked so that they could not get into the trunk to begin with! This is very very sad. Unbelievable that these two boys life ended in such a tragic way.

Absolutely. What is most sad is that in the last 10 years or so, these atrocities who are responsible for what I can only call a mutation of the human race are happening so much more frequently and closer to home. The justice system seems to sympathize with the offender. Not guilty by reason of insanity. What is that. Anyone who commits a horrible crime is not all there. Does that mean liency should be granted? Gross negligence is just as bad. It's like reverse Darwinism. Stupid people are reproducing in record numbers while smart people have 1 or 2 kids.

We had just moved into a new house and some friends of ours dropped in for coffee. Our children and their children were playing outside. While drinking our coffee we heard screams and thought it was the neighbours children. We looked outside and couldn't see 2 of the kids. We asked our other children if they knew where they'd gone but they didn't know. We followed the screams which were getting weaker and found 2 of the kids in the boot of the car. The kids had been playing and one of them had told the other how cool it was to play in the boot. Of course the boot closed and neither of them could get out. It was the middle of summer and when we got the kids out they were dehydrated and sweating. They had only been there for 15 minutes but the heat of the boot interior must have been stifling. To this day I am glad I followed the sounds of the screams as I managed to save my son and my friends son. They don't play in cars any more now it cured them of that game.

8 hours—wow—I’m checking on my 10 year old after 15 minutes- when she is outside- I’m usually outside also- we live in the country so we have a lot of land for her to play on- she knows the rules- no going to the crick without telling us and making sure we are out there. No riding the 4-wheelers unless we are out there- I can’t imagine her climbing into the trunk for any reason- so I would never look there- Could be the mom looked and didn’t think to look in the trunk- How sad- but yes I’d say neglectful also- without hearing the whole story I’d hate to be quick to judge

How could any mother not miss her two boys if they had been gone for eight hours? I do think that the mother has to be blamed for it is up to her to know where her kids are at all times. Most mothers do keep track of their kids and would start to worry if they were gone even several hours. Where was she? was she busy doing something and forgot tocheck. it all seems so unlikely to me.Could she have been drinking or shacked upwith a lover,therehas to be a reason for something this horrible to happen.