Okla. Twins, 2, Found Dead in Hot Car After Caretaker Allegedly Forgets to Drop Them Off, as Dad Speaks Out
"They were the best girls the world has ever seen," their father said
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Ariel and Avery Suter with their father Marshall SuterAn Oklahoma family is mourning the death of their two 2-year-old children who were found dead in a car after a caretaker reportedly forgot to drop them off at daycare last week.
Local KFOR reported that officers performing a welfare check discovered the 2-year-old twins, Ariel and Avery, unresponsive in a car that stopped on a street in a neighborhood outside Norman, Okla.
Marshall Suter, the girls’ father, spoke to KFOR and said a trusted family member was supposed to drop the girls off but forgot.
"They were the best girls the world has ever seen. It honestly hurts because the girls were so deeply loved and cared for,” Suter told the outlet.
KFOR reported that another family member said the incident was “truly tragic” and “has been very hard on the family.”
“I hope this will at least show people that it wasn’t intentional and truly an accident,” the family member told the outlet. “This family would just like some peace in this difficult and heavy time.”
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A GoFundMe fundraiser set up by one of Suter’s cousins in order to help the family cover funeral expenses said last Thursday’s tragic news was “the most traumatic news any parent could ever receive.”
“No one truly knows the pain of losing a child until you are going through it,” the fundraiser reads. “I know this mom and dad are going through it. We would be so grateful and appreciative in any help received and may God bless you all for your kindness.”
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A statement from the Norman Police Department said the two toddlers were both “deceased at the time” officers arrived on the scene. The department said it appeared the twin girls “were accidentally left in the vehicle for an extended period of time” before a family member found them.
“The medical examiner will determine the cause of death,” the police statement read. “The investigation into the incident is ongoing.”
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