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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t know why anyone thinks the parents locked them in there, there would be obvious evidence of trauma on their little hands if they had beaten and scratched and screamed while locked in against their wills.

They crawled in and fell asleep and slowly succumbed to hypoxia while asleep so it was a peaceful death thank goodness, and they were with each other and go to the great beyond together so they won’t be scared.

As a former prosecutor I could see being tempted to charge the parents with endangering, but they won’t be charged because while an entirely foreseeable outcome and clearly negligent parenting, prosecutors often default to the position that the grief is punishment enough in cases like this. Little kids rarely get justice when their parents leave them in the position of falling victim to cedar chests or loaded handguns. I don’t like the practice but it’s widespread. Except where the parents are poor or bipoc and then charges much more often will be laid.

When I was a child I had a big toy chest, big enough for me and my cousin to hide inside when we were school age. But it had big gaps between the slats and the flat top didn’t seal, so there was always plenty of oxygen getting in. That’s how a child’s toy chest should be - a blanket chest is meant to be airtight and is potentially lethal to small kids.
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