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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalifornia couple arrested for leaving shoeless kids in desert on 104-degree day w/o shoes or water
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/calif-mom-arrested-leaving-kids-desert-104-degree-day-article-1.2711166California mom dumped her three kids in the desert on a scorching summer day as a sick form of punishment, deputies said.
Mary Bell, 34, and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Gary Cassle, were arrested Wednesday after police found her children a 7-year-old girl and two boys, ages 6 and 5 wandering around San Bernardino County without shoes or water, the Sherriffs Department said in a statement.
Officers found the children near the city of Twentynine Palms, where the temperature reached a sweltering 104 degrees Wednesday.
The couple told investigators they left the kids as a form of discipline.
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California couple arrested for leaving shoeless kids in desert on 104-degree day w/o shoes or water (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2016
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Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)1. Jail would be a good form of discipline for these two
and I hope that there's family who can raise these children in a loving, supportive environment.
Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)2. Sounds about right
For the sentence those 2 should receive. Jeeebus!
-JB
KansDem
(28,498 posts)3. This just in!: A form of punishment for Ms. Bell and Mr. Cassle...
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)4. 29 Palms.....?
The asshole of creation? Any Marine ever stationed there can tell you that.
Seriously, maybe the parents need a little "desert challenge" of their own. A few days in the desert would maybe clear their heads.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)5. I'm with you on this.
Let the punishment fit the crime.