Cops: Texas Mom Left Kids in Hot Car to Teach 'Lesson'

Texas mother stands charged with the deaths of her two toddlers after admitting the accidental tragedy she initially described to authorities was actually a darker one. As the Washington Post reports, Cynthia Randolph told cops that her 2-year-old daughter and 16-month-old son disappeared while playing on May 26; after a half-hour of searching, she found their dead bodies in her car on a 96-degree day. 

What Randolph now says really happened, per an affidavit: She found the children playing in the car, told them "stop your sh--," and get out of the car.

"When they refused to exit, Randolph told police she shut the car door to teach Juliet a lesson, thinking she could get herself and her brother out of the car when ready.

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