DC parents leave kids in car for wine tasting

[Anonymous]

So they had the iPhone connection open, but the little girl was hysterically screaming, so what was the point of that?? They didn't come out to check on them even once in an hour?? I hope they both spend lots of time in jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK - what facts do we have? What time were they found? 5.30pm? Or 3.30pm?

At 3.30pm, maybe the 2 and 3 year old have extremely reliable naps (not mine - as soon as the car stops, they're awake). Maybe they thought they could get away with an hour because their kids would reliably sleep in their coats in the car (I am not justifying this at all, just trying to understand the parents' possible thoughts). But at 5.30pm, no 2 or 3 year old kid is going to be sleeping. So that's just weird. What time would this event have been on for? Is it a sit-down meal? Or stand around at a bar and try wines while having some nibbles? 3.30-5pm or something?

This article has a little more info that others: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/02/d-c-couple-charged-with-leaving-2-toddlers-in-car-at-28-degrees-while-at-a-wine-tasting-111093.html

It says that the kids were found around 4:30, so that means that the wine tasting started around 3:30.

Whether or not the kids were sleeping, it's still cruel and neglectful and frankly unfathomable. Any parent who could do this is inhumane and doesn't really deserve to be a parent. This is akin to the parents who nailed their children into their filthy bedroom because the parents wanted to party it up without the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:...or simply skip the wine tasting.

I wonder what line of work these two mental giants are in.

One is a safety inspector for FDA. No shit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had my car window punched out in NW for an iPhone on the seat. No kids though.

These a-holes leave their kids plus their phone??

+1

Remember in Cleveland Park when they were busting windows of parked cars to steal things.

I can't believe you care that little about your kids to leave on without shoes and socks and no heat on a 28-30 degree day. The youngest was almost 2 and the older one over 3. My 3-year old could open the car door--unlock it manually.

Christ- I used to shower when they were in cribs/nap time at 22 months. These freaks leave them alone for over an hour on a city street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they had the iPhone connection open, but the little girl was hysterically screaming, so what was the point of that?? They didn't come out to check on them even once in an hour?? I hope they both spend lots of time in jail.

OMG. This tidbit about the iPhone led me to this article which makes it even more horrific. The father knowingly did this and the mother ignored her screaming child (she had an iPhone connection to the car and the girl had been screaming for some time before the police found the kids. While they were wearing coats, neither child had on a hat or gloves and the boy had no shoes or socks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/two-charged-with-abandoning-toddlers-in-car-while-at-wine-tasting-in-northwest-dc/2015/02/02/f77b5244-aafb-11e4-9c91-e9d2f9fde644_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they had the iPhone connection open, but the little girl was hysterically screaming, so what was the point of that?? They didn't come out to check on them even once in an hour?? I hope they both spend lots of time in jail.

They couldn't hear her screams over the clinking of glasses and witty banter.

[Anonymous]

What a pair of idiots. This was clearly a thought out plan, as in they actually put in some level of thought to determine the safest way to leave their kids unattended in the car. I bet they were proud of their great plan.

This was not a momentary lapse of judgement. This couple really thought there was nothing wrong with what they did and for the father to try and lie about going into the restaurant for a bit is just the icing on the cake.

I hate to say this but I agree these kids need to live with someone who exhibits better judgement. I wonder foolish things they have done with these poor kids where they didn't get caught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still don't understand why they drove... Unless the plan was always to leave them in the car...

Maybe they had been out and on their way home decided to stop by. Put the kids' coats on and said, "Oh, we'll pop in, say hi and be out in ten minutes." Then they saw a bunch of people they hadn't seen in a long time and lost tract of time. ???? Not believing that one either, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they had the iPhone connection open, but the little girl was hysterically screaming, so what was the point of that?? They didn't come out to check on them even once in an hour?? I hope they both spend lots of time in jail.

They couldn't hear her screams over the clinking of glasses and witty banter.

And the sound of imported cheese being sliced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK - what facts do we have? What time were they found? 5.30pm? Or 3.30pm?

At 3.30pm, maybe the 2 and 3 year old have extremely reliable naps (not mine - as soon as the car stops, they're awake). Maybe they thought they could get away with an hour because their kids would reliably sleep in their coats in the car (I am not justifying this at all, just trying to understand the parents' possible thoughts). But at 5.30pm, no 2 or 3 year old kid is going to be sleeping. So that's just weird. What time would this event have been on for? Is it a sit-down meal? Or stand around at a bar and try wines while having some nibbles? 3.30-5pm or something?

This article has a little more info that others: http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/02/d-c-couple-charged-with-leaving-2-toddlers-in-car-at-28-degrees-while-at-a-wine-tasting-111093.html

It says that the kids were found around 4:30, so that means that the wine tasting started around 3:30.

Whether or not the kids were sleeping, it's still cruel and neglectful and frankly unfathomable. Any parent who could do this is inhumane and doesn't really deserve to be a parent. This is akin to the parents who nailed their children into their filthy bedroom because the parents wanted to party it up without the kids.

Damn! There they are literally running down the street, being chased by WJLA camera crew. How pathetic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All internet ridicule aside, let he without sin and so forth. I've made my 9 year old sit outside in bitter cold weather for a time out when he was about to bring everyone in the house to their knees with fear and anguish. Some might consider that abuse.

He's 9, not 2.
He was outside your house, not strapped into a parked car out of your site.
He was not strapped to anything: he had hTe ability, and the common sense , to move if danger came.
You probably limited the outside time to less than an hour.

It was @ 10 minutes. He as wearing a sweat shirt and jeans, it was @ 30F. But I wonder if someone passing by our house that night had seen him out there crying and called the police, I'm not sure they would seen this as reasonable punishment.

So this was your version of a time out for a 9 yr old?!? Lame.

The 3 and 1 yr old in this case haven't done anything to deserve being left in a cold car for at least an hour and the parents left them there to attend a wine tasting.

Why is my time out lame? They say you should do around 1 minute per year of life. What should I have done when he was threatening everyone in the house verbally and refusing to listen to reason?

Sent him to his room, taken screens away for x period of time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about a single mom who is with her kids waiting for the bus in 20 degree cold with her kid? And the bus doesn't come for half an hour? And then getting off the bus and having to walk 20 mins home to their apartment in the freezing cold? The kids in question were in a locked car.

Hon, that's any parent who takes the bus, not just a single mom.

And the difference, of course (since you're an idiot and seem to need it to be pointed out) is that in your scenario, the child is supervised at all times by the parent and can have immediate help if need be, which of course these kids (abandoned in their car) could not.

And those kids did not have hats or socks or shoes on!

[Anonymous]

Washington Post: Lucas is "originally from France"

"Court files show the couple intends to hire their own attorneys. The documents say that Lucas is originally from France and works as a software engineer and that Chang is employed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration."

[Anonymous]

There's going to be a lot of awkward silence when they get back to work. "So, Christophe, how was your weekend?" "Hey, Jennie, what's new?"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, if that is truly her, I have 3 mutual friends. Goosh.

I too have a mutual friend on FB. She looks so sweet and normal! Can't imagine what their explanation is. I wonder if their kids were napping and they foolishly decided to let them sleep and periodically check in on them.

Yep...by iphone