Children Discovered Padlocked Inside South Carolina Trailer Fire

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Greenville police have charged a man and a woman with unlawful neglect of a child after investigators say they locked three children in a mobile home that caught on fire.


The Greenville County Sheriff's Office said 31-year-old Angel Gilliland and 42-year-old Alberto Rodriquez-Carrera were arrested Tuesday.

Arrest warrants say Gilliland is the mother of a 9-year-old, 13-year-old and 16-year-old who were padlocked inside the mobile home.

Deputies say the children broke out a window to escape the fire and suffered minor injuries. All three were taken to a hospital for treatment and are in the custody of the Department of Social Services.

Firefighters had to use bolt cutters to get into the home and extinguish the fire that started near the kitchen stove.

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I hope the parents go to prison for a long time.
Imagine if these kids had been unable to self-extricate.
Scumbag parents/sick POS.
Wow.
I hope the inmates take care of the parents....
Proof that God takes care of the innocent.
THIS time.
I hope the kids can recover from this.
OMG it still dumbfounds me how people can do such things
I don,t understand how parents can do things like that these days,in 2010
I prescribe a lengthy prison term coupled with sterilization for both "parents".
Proof that anyone with low IQ can be a parent, but shouldn't be....
Just show any idoit can have children but can't be a "parent"
They weren't very clear in the story. Did the parents start the start the fire? Or were they just using the pad locks as babysitters? Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying in any way that it's any better.
Bet they don't get anything for it or a "Don't do that again" slap on the hand.

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