I'm floored. She's married to a hospitalist (translation: he only sees patients in the hospital, not outpatients). They have two children aged 2 and under, which is a HUGE stressor to any family unit without their combined workloads. No excuses, just a statement based on experience.
How could they not afford proper childcare? Or housekeeping?
Yes, their student loan debt is likely through the roof. For her, as a primary care physician, reimbursements aren't particularly high. We don't know his name or specialty (yet). I'm not buying that they're living in poverty. I guess time will tell. :dunno:
I don't believe they didn't know this would be what life would be like going into medicine. It has been well-publicized that primary-care providers should make more than their specialty counterparts (MOO for now until I can find the link). Both are physicians and therefore are highly educated adults. They are the medical professionals that their patients should be able to trust. That is all but gone now.
That's what is so un-flipping-believable about this case.
It is a miracle their two precious children were found unharmed. I can't imagine her/them not being able to find some sort of help - if she/they had just asked. There may have been a cultural aspect to that, I guess. Also, a few of you mentioned the possibility of post-partum. Even so, I can't get past her/them leaving them alone in a van -
to care for other people('s children!) 
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You'd never tell that she was capable of such a thing by looking at her. :cow:
When I returned to work after having both of my girls, just hearing a baby cry caused a physical reaction.
Granted, I was nursing, but still. I just can't imagine.
Both parents being held accountable is only right IMO. Everything happens for a reason.
Sorry for the rambling post. This case is a heartbreaker.
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