08-06-2012, 02:53 PM
wow! devastating! why did she pass out?
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Samantha Harper admitted putting three-year-old Daniel Marise and his two-year-old sister Savannah in the car and then falling asleep, according to police. The 25-year-old woke up to find her children unresponsive in the car parked outside her home in Smyrna, Tennessee. both died.
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children were found dead outside car. ^
Police also searched Harper's house during their investigation and found what they described as 'deplorable' conditions. The house has since been condemned by health officials and boarded up.
'We are going to follow every lead that we [get]. We are going to speak to everyone that we can that had knowledge of the children [and the] conditions of the home,' Sgt. Gibson said.
'It's hard to imagine that people would allow themselves to live in the conditions this house was in.'
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Harper remains in the Rutherford County Jail on a $200,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 9. Other charges may be pending. Autopsy results are still pending, as well.
Samantha Harper admitted putting three-year-old Daniel Marise and his two-year-old sister Savannah in the car and then falling asleep, according to police. The 25-year-old woke up to find her children unresponsive in the car parked outside her home in Smyrna, Tennessee. both died.
children were found dead outside car. ^
Police also searched Harper's house during their investigation and found what they described as 'deplorable' conditions. The house has since been condemned by health officials and boarded up.
'We are going to follow every lead that we [get]. We are going to speak to everyone that we can that had knowledge of the children [and the] conditions of the home,' Sgt. Gibson said.
'It's hard to imagine that people would allow themselves to live in the conditions this house was in.'
Harper remains in the Rutherford County Jail on a $200,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 9. Other charges may be pending. Autopsy results are still pending, as well.