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Great-grandparents charged in hot car death

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Updated: 8/10/2012 4:43 pm

Published: 8/10/2012 4:39 pm

LITTLE ROCK, AR – The great-grandparents of a 2-year-old who died in a hot car in northwest Arkansas last week have been charged with negligent homicide.

Joniah Chronister was left in the car while William and Margette Staten were shopping inside a Walmart. Police say the child was left in the car with no air conditioning for about two hours.

Police say when paramedics arrived, the child did not have a pulse. The child was pronounced dead at Northwest Medical Center.

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TheLastHuman - 8/13/2012 1:29 PM

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Good, they need to charge everyone in these cases, think about it, if not then this will become the method for getting rid of unwanted children. I think several have already gotten away with it.

itsjustme - 8/13/2012 10:25 AM

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Lock both of their dumbasses up.

me501 - 8/13/2012 6:14 AM

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Sad story.my g-ma is 80 and I wouldn't put her in the position to have to be responsible for small children.she can barely find her glasses.

ArkansasYankee - 8/11/2012 12:12 PM

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Appreciate the details Libertarian. I was wondering about that also. But then I thought, if they were feeble minded; then someone dropped the ball by allowing them to take care of a two year old child. A 51 year old and a 61 year old, leaving a 2 year old child in a car in this heat; lock 'em up for a long time as pat said.

Libertarian - 8/11/2012 11:24 AM

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I had to go to another news source to get details. I thought as GREAT grandparents, could they be showing signs of dementia? But the other source says "William James Staten, 51, and Margette Inise Staten, 61"

pat72209 - 8/10/2012 5:55 PM

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It is a shame....but these people SHOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR A LOOOONG TIME. I am sure they are suffering, but they should never have even considered leaving a child that young alone to start with. God Bless anyone who loved this child.

ArkansasYankee - 8/10/2012 4:51 PM

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About time.

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