Carrollton police Capt. Chris Dobbs tells The Associated Press that investigators believe their father, 24-year-old Asa North, discovered the children Thursday evening, because neighbors heard him screaming out front where his vehicle was parked.
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A Georgia father of twin 16-month-old girls was arrested Friday, August 5th in connection with their deaths.
A father charged with the manslaughter of his toddler twin girls had been drinking before he left them in a hot vehicle, police said.
According to an incident report on the case, one officer noted that “alcohol definitely was a factor” in the girls’ deaths.
GBI spokesman Scott Dutton said results will be shared with the local coroner and others investigating the Thursday deaths of the 15-month-old twin girls.
Officers arrived at the complex to find the twins out of the auto and in a kiddie pool, where their father was trying to revive them.
When police arrived at a duplex, the twins were out of the auto and in a kiddie pool, where their father was trying to revive them.
The girls were rushed to Tanner Medical Center where they were pronounced dead.
Police said the mother was actually in Atlanta when her children died.
When a child’s internal temperature is 104 degrees, their organs start shutting down.
North, 24, was heading to a store to buy some eggs when he found his girls in the back seat. Police also took an uncle, Travis North, to the hospital due to “extreme intoxication”.
North is being held in the Carroll County Jail without bond. Authorities reported that they do not believe the deaths were intentional. Federal statistics show that since 1998, more than 550 children nationwide have died from being left in hot cars.
“I’ve heard of children being left in a auto, but I never thought it would be on my doorstep”, said Arthur North.
“Only he knows the answer about what happened today, but I hope and pray it was an accident”, family friend Regina Cleveland said.
That figure is almost twice as high as the number of children who died by this time a year ago, the organization said.
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The number of children who have lost their lives in hot cars has fluctuated every year since 1990 with the highest number – 49 – dying in 2010.
