Mom Charged for Twins’ Deaths After Reportedly Leaving Them Alone to Get Pot??
Mom Charged for Twins’ Deaths After Reportedly Leaving Them Alone to Get Pot
One mother's decision to go find her pot stash became an unspeakable tragedy that she must regret every moment. Police say that 32-year-old Dalawna Berran-Lett
left her 3-year-old twin boys home alone for "20 minutes" while she
allegedly ran out to find her teenage daughter, who had apparently taken
her marijuana stash, and when she returned, the house was on fire and her babies were dead.
Berran-Lett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and has buried her twins, Ky’heir and Dy'heir. Reportedly she left them unattended in her Pittsburgh home while she went out to find her teen daughter, and during that time, cops believe the twins tried to cook something and started a fire.
I have no idea how 3-year-olds try to cook something, but I guess it's possible they somehow managed to turn in the stove. Bizarrely, investigators claim that the mom also left her twins alone "for 20 minutes" months ago -- and they also tried to cook something then (ribs) and almost started a fire. How is this possible? Three-year-olds trying to cook ribs? At any rate, if the twins had already once almost started a fire when the mom left them alone, why would she do it again?! Oh, yeah. Pot.
There's a few holes in this story. Hard to believe a mom would make the same mistake twice. Hard to believe the twins are so handy with the cooking. But if it's true, this mom must feel like utter crap.
Should she be charged with involuntary manslaughter for what is essentially a mistake (if she had accidentally run over them in the driveway, chances are she wouldn't be charged with anything)? While I'd like to say the death of her boys is punishment enough, there is really no excuse for leaving your toddlers alone for any length of time -- especially if you've done it before, and there was already a near-disaster before. I do understand that Berran-Lett may not have had the money for a babysitter or been able to get one spur of the moment.
But there comes a time when you choose your kids over your pot.
However, I hope she's given some leniency and doesn't spend the rest of
her life in jail, because she must realize the enormity of the mistake
she made. Especially when you consider that women who deliberately kill their children often get off with much less.
Do you think she should spend her life in prison for a mistake like this?
Are her kids for real eating popcorn off the floor like dogs?
"Roger that. Over."
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And to answer the question, yes, she should absolutely go to jail. That is felony neglect.
My son used to try to help me bake cookies and brownies when he was 3, so I absolutely believe the kids may have known how to turn on a stove.
"Roger that. Over."
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her babies didnt deserve to die, but i am sure being in heaven is a much better life than what their mom had in mind for them.
This is why I am for the death penalty.
If these 3 y.o. baies were trying to cook food, that means they are often left to fend for themselves. They were probably starving and I highly doubt it only happened once before for 20 minutes.
This wasn't a mistake- this was abuse and neglect.
The fact that they were trying to cook tells me that they were forced to fend for themselvesz even when she was home. This was not a mistake. She did this, knowing it was wrong.
Another parent who was the cause of thier child's death who will likely walk because people feel sorry for them. Sick. She should never see daylight again. I will say it again. We need to PUNISH those who do wrong if we want lower crime rates.
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