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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they ,use have just called one phone from the other and then left the call open. But why didn't they come out when the child was crying?

And why am I so interested in this story?[/quote]

Juste heard a few stories on this via WTOP.  The call on the phones was for 58 minutes according to court documents.  I have a Verizon  iPhone 5, I can do FaceTime call without wifi, but on my older iPhone I needed wifi.  So I think it is possible to do FaceTime without wifi with the newer models.  The father on,y approached th car when police showed up.  At that point the daughter was already crying hysterically, so if they had the call they weren't monitoring it because they never approached the car the entire time they were in RIs, there were eye witnessed and apparently a security video camera showing the parked car and the video had been reviewed.  So the kid is crying, no one comes, but police show up and then the parents show up???

In DC, there is no law on the book re how old a child has to be when unattended.  They compared it to the recent Maryland free range parenting case with the two kids walking home alone.  In Maryland a kid must be 8, and if younger than 8 must be with someone 13 or older.  BUT in Virginia and Maryland, it is up to the discretion of the parents and depends on the situation, with what type of harm were the children or risks.  And here is where the parents are in major trouble, because the average prudent parent wouldn't leave two toddlers alone in a locked car, with no hats or gloves, one without shoes or socks, when it is 35 degrees, for an hour, to go wine tasting.  To run into the pharmacy to get a prescription, then there may be some wiggle room, but because of the weather, the children's age, the length of time, the lack of clothes, and the activity in which the parents wre partaking, the parents are in serious trouble, according to the legal expert (which should come as no surprise). And it is unclear if the father is a US citizen, if he just has a green card or visa, he risks being deported.[/quote]

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