Police have arrested Texas mother, Cynthia Marie Randolph, after she allegedly left her two young children in a hot car as a form of punishment in late May.
Randolph, 25, faces charges of first-degree felony counts of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury, according to the Park County Sheriff’s Office. The two young children — a 2-year-old girl and a 16-month-old boy — were found dead in Parker County, Texas on May 26.
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According to investigators, when the 2-year-old refused to get out of the vehicle, Randolph closed the door and left them inside to teach them “a lesson,” thinking that her daughter would be able to open the door when they wanted to leave, according to WFAA.
She admitted to police that she went back into the house, smoked marijuana and fell asleep for several hours, KTVT reports.
Authorities were alerted to the incident just after 4 p.m., a news release said, when the temperature outside had reached 96 degrees. The children were pronounced dead.
Bond has not been set for Randolph, who is being held at Park County Jail.