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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They sound pretty neglectful as parents. She comes home after they are all asleep and doesn't wake up until long after they do? The older ones played outside alone before she woke up? And no one checked on the twins? Why does she never mention the dad again? There is no way, even if they do often wake up during the night, that they accidentally fell asleep in a hard wooden box. [/quote]

I assume she was a shift worker who was working until late at night, then dad got up with the kids in the morning. Who knows if dad and the boys were up for 20 minutes or two hours, but presumably by morning it was too late regardless of how quickly he could have noticed they weren't in their beds. That's not negligence, it's just mom trying not to put blame on the father or the older children. My heart really goes out to the brother that found the twins in the chest. I can only imagine how badly that will haunt him in the future.

Perhaps mom is inventing the narrative that they passed peacefully together in their sleep. Maybe to cover for a sibling that was involved (and to divert accusations that another child was responsible), maybe to try to help the dad not feel responsible for not checking earlier (even if it wouldn't have mattered) or giving them melatonin or Benadryl, or maybe just because she's overwhelmed with the shock and grief and can't fathom them suffering in the end.

I assume an autopsy will determine if they struggled or passed peacefully, and if there were sedatives in their systems. Until then, it feels cruel to speculate on the internet. I hope the family has a good support system that can help mom stop sharing so much online. [/quote]

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