FL- Four year old twins suffocate in toy chest

[IceIce9]

4-Year-Old Twins Die After Toy Chest Lid Shut on Them While They Were Sleeping, Says Mom

A Florida family is mourning the loss of 4-year-old twins Aurora and Kellan Starr who died after being found unresponsive inside a toy chest at home

people.com

Authorities found the two children unresponsive at a Jacksonville home on Aug. 25, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office told PEOPLE in a statement. Despite "attempts to revive them, they were pronounced deceased," police added.

The sheriff’s office said that while the investigation is still in a "very early stage," the information they have "is that both children were playing in the home and when checked on, both were found unresponsive.

Myers later wrote that she woke up for work the next morning her other two older children were playing outside, and she initially assumed the twins were still sleeping. By the time they were found, Myers wrote that "within a few seconds I knew something wasn’t right, but I also quickly realized it was already too late."

 

[ifindedout]

There was a case similar to this back in 2014, only it was an antique hope chest, and the siblings were older (couldn't find it on a forum search).

Franklin children’s deaths termed a tragic accident; hope chest was produced during recall year

The two Franklin children who suffocated Sunday in a sealed hope chest died of a “tragic accident,’’ preliminary autopsy results showed Tuesday, Wednesday, as a federal agency launched an investigation into the deaths. During a game of hide-and-seek, 7-year-old Sean Munroe and 8-year old Lexi...

www.boston.com

ETA: Franklin, Massachusetts

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Warning to parents after twin girls, 4, suffocate to death inside a toy box

PARENTS have been warned following the tragic deaths of two four-year-old twins who suffocated after becoming trapped inside a toy chest. The girls, Aurora and Kellan from Florida, ran out of oxyge…

www.thesun.co.uk

PARENTS have been warned following the tragic deaths of two four-year-old twins who suffocated after becoming trapped inside a toy chest.

The girls, Aurora and Kellan from Florida, ran out of oxygen and were found the next day with their arms wrapped around each other.

 

[mickey2942]

Tragic. And so avoidable. We don't even have anything like that in our home. Just baskets for toys. Nothing with a lid.

 

[squish]

This story is odd, and the mother’s reaction is odd. I’ll wait to see how this develops. RIP to the children.

 

[IceIce9]

Warning to parents after twin girls, 4, suffocate to death inside a toy box

PARENTS have been warned following the tragic deaths of two four-year-old twins who suffocated after becoming trapped inside a toy chest. The girls, Aurora and Kellan from Florida, ran out of oxyge…

www.thesun.co.uk

PARENTS have been warned following the tragic deaths of two four-year-old twins who suffocated after becoming trapped inside a toy chest.

The girls, Aurora and Kellan from Florida, ran out of oxygen and were found the next day with their arms wrapped around each other.

Mom refers to them as boy and girl twins but most news articles are saying twin girls.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100001551241306&story_fbid=6694263393968636

 

[46daze]

Mom refers to them as boy and girl twins but most news articles are saying twin girls.

MOO: the first “journalist” simply looked at the photo of the kids dressed up in those adorable costumes and made the assumption of their both being girls.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

There was a case similar to this back in 2014, only it was an antique hope chest, and the siblings were older (couldn't find it on a forum search).

Oh sorry I didn't realise that this was already posted.

Weird because I did several searches and it didn't come up.

I do remember an earlier case but not sure if it was on WS.