MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Memphis woman has been indicted in the deaths of her two toddler sons, who died after a fire at the house where they had been left alone last month.
Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons' office said in a statement Tuesday night that 22-year-old Melodia Dunn was charged with two counts each of reckless homicide and aggravated child neglect or endangerment.
The Oct. 19 fire claimed the lives of Dunn's 2- and 3-year-old sons.
Police said the boys' mother had left the children alone to run errands and did not learn of the fire until after the children had been taken to a hospital.
The statement says Dunn is being held in the Shelby County Jail on $250,000 bond. Arraignment hasn't been set.
I hope she is convicted and given the maximum sentence under the law.
SHE LOCKED THEM IN, for chrissakes.
The children deserved better.
She deserves worse.
Art