Arkansas mom sentenced to work release, fined after her children died of heat in car trunk

By AP
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Ark. mom pleads guilty in trunk deaths of children

SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A Springdale woman has been sentenced to six months of work release and fined $2,000 in the heat stroke deaths of her two children who had locked themselves in the trunk of a car.

Twenty-five-year-old Katrina Markley pleaded guilty Monday to two misdemeanor counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a minor in the deaths of 5-year-old Curtis Markley and 4-year-old Virginia Markley. She was sentenced to six months of work release that involves supervised community service work during the day and nights spent in a barracks-style building at the county jail.

Police say Markley admitted she was on the computer most of the day when her children locked themselves in the trunk of a car in June 2009 and died of heat stroke.

Information from: The Springdale Morning News, www.nwaonline.com

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