GUILTY NC - Josiah, 2, & Gabriel Hawthorne, 1, die in house fire, Charlotte, 28 Feb 2010

Kymistry35 · Mar 1, 2010

http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/7136366/

Why did this witch even have custody of these precious babies after all the trouble she had been in?! I am glad that two of the babies survived.
RIP Josiah and Gabriel.

ETA: A more detailed story
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/03/01/364516/mother-arrested-after-2-toddlers.html

Kymistry35 · Mar 2, 2010

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/state/nc-mother-faced-charge-two-toddlers-died-fire-16973

BOZGAL · Mar 4, 2010

Another case of where the system failed these children and it breaks my heart. I am so sick of hearing of preventable deaths. This is very close to where I live in NC.

RIP Sweet Angels

DairyGirl · Mar 4, 2010

But neighbor Johnny Smith said he occasionally watched Josiah and wasn’t surprised to hear the children were left alone.

“This is not the first time that I know of that they leave them by themselves,” Smith told WBTV.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/state/nc-mother-faced-charge-two-toddlers-died-fire-16973

The neighbor knew she left her kids alone and didn't report her?

kbl8201 · Mar 4, 2010

DairyGirl said:
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/state/nc-mother-faced-charge-two-toddlers-died-fire-16973

The neighbor knew she left her kids alone and didn't report her?

you expected anything diffrent?

OkieGranny · Oct 26, 2015

From June 2011:

http://wfae.org/post/mother-sentenced-least-10-years-kids-deaths

Orgal Opata was sentenced Thursday to at least 10 years in prison for killing her two sons, who died in a fire at their home in west Charlotte in February 2010.

Opata, who pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, had left her children at home alone when a kerosene heater sparked the fire...

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