SPRINGDALE (Arkansas) - A YOUNG brother and sister were found dead in the trunk of their family's car about an hour after they slipped out of their mother's view on a hot afternoon.
Temperatures on Monday had climbed into the 90s Fahrenheit (mid 30s Celsius) in the northwest Arkansas town of Springdale.
Detectives were interviewing neighbors and relatives on Tuesday.
Police said the mother reported the children missing 45 minutes after she last saw them. Authorities searched about a half-hour before finding them in the closed trunk.
The boy is 5 years old and his sister, 4. Names were not released.
Sergeant Shane Pegram told Fayetteville television station KFSM that the kids might have been playing but a thorough investigation will be done to rule out foul play. -- AP
