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Two children dead after left in car for fifteen hours, mother charged, KABB

Two children dead after left in car for fifteen hours, mother charged

by SBG San Antonio

Amanda Hawkins (Photo courtesy of Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)

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SAN ANTONIO – A Kerr County woman was charged with child endangerment after her two daughters, ages one and Two, were evidently left inwards a car for a period of about fifteen hours, according to a statement from Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer.

The two chicks passed away on Thursday at University Hospital. They were identified as Brynn Hawkins, 1, and Addyson Overgard-Eddy, Two.

According to Hierholzer, the children’s mother, Amanda Hawkins, Nineteen, demonstrated up at Peterson Regional Medical Center with the victims, claiming they had collapsed while running around and smelling flowers at Vapid Rock Lake and may have gotten into something poisonous.

But investigators said they later determined the children were intentionally left in their mother’s car overnight, until about noon on June 7, while Hawkins and a 16-year-old masculine friend were inwards another friend’s home.

Sheriff Hierholzer said that at some point the 16-year-old went out to the car and slept for a while but then went back inwards the house. Hierholzer told us he also understood someone inwards the house could even hear the children howling and told her to bring them inwards the house but she didn’t. He said the children were without food, water or restroom visits during their fifteen hours in the car.

The sheriff stated after returning to the car and finding the children in trouble, Hawkins did not instantaneously take the children to a hospital. He said she instead attempted to cover up the incident by bathing and redressing the children. Hierholzer said it was his understanding the children were unconscious at this point.

Sheriff Hierholzer said Hawkins ultimately sought medical care after being talked into it. After arriving at the hospital in Kerrville, the children were taken to University Hospital. Hierholzer said sometime around five p.m. Thursday, both women were taken off ventilator systems and passed away.

The sheriff told us their records showcased ‘no history’ with Hawkins but that investigators determined it was not the very first time she had left the children in a car.

Hawkins was charged with two counts of child endangerment, but Hierholzer said the charges could be upgraded after the findings of the case are introduced to a grand jury. She was taken to the Bexar County Jail following her arrest and will remain there until her transfer back to Kerr County. Her bond was set at $35,000 for each charge. Sheriff Hierholzer said the 16-year-old who was with Hawkins may also face charges.

Hierholzer called the case the “most horrific case of child endangerment that I have seen in the thirty seven years that I have been in law enforcement.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as they become available.

Two children dead after left in car for fifteen hours, mother charged, KABB

Two children dead after left in car for fifteen hours, mother charged

by SBG San Antonio

Amanda Hawkins (Photo courtesy of Bexar County Sheriff’s Office)

VIEW PHOTO GALLERY

SAN ANTONIO – A Kerr County woman was charged with child endangerment after her two daughters, ages one and Two, were evidently left inwards a car for a period of about fifteen hours, according to a statement from Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer.

The two chicks passed away on Thursday at University Hospital. They were identified as Brynn Hawkins, 1, and Addyson Overgard-Eddy, Two.

According to Hierholzer, the children’s mother, Amanda Hawkins, Nineteen, showcased up at Peterson Regional Medical Center with the victims, claiming they had collapsed while running around and smelling flowers at Plane Rock Lake and may have gotten into something poisonous.

But investigators said they later determined the children were intentionally left in their mother’s car overnight, until about noon on June 7, while Hawkins and a 16-year-old masculine friend were inwards another friend’s home.

Sheriff Hierholzer said that at some point the 16-year-old went out to the car and slept for a while but then went back inwards the house. Hierholzer told us he also understood someone inwards the house could even hear the children blubbering and told her to bring them inwards the house but she didn’t. He said the children were without food, water or restroom visits during their fifteen hours in the car.

The sheriff stated after returning to the car and finding the children in trouble, Hawkins did not instantly take the children to a hospital. He said she instead attempted to cover up the incident by bathing and redressing the children. Hierholzer said it was his understanding the children were unconscious at this point.

Sheriff Hierholzer said Hawkins eventually sought medical care after being talked into it. After arriving at the hospital in Kerrville, the children were taken to University Hospital. Hierholzer said sometime around five p.m. Thursday, both women were taken off ventilator systems and passed away.

The sheriff told us their records displayed ‘no history’ with Hawkins but that investigators determined it was not the very first time she had left the children in a car.

Hawkins was charged with two counts of child endangerment, but Hierholzer said the charges could be upgraded after the findings of the case are introduced to a grand jury. She was taken to the Bexar County Jail following her arrest and will remain there until her transfer back to Kerr County. Her bond was set at $35,000 for each charge. Sheriff Hierholzer said the 16-year-old who was with Hawkins may also face charges.

Hierholzer called the case the “most horrific case of child endangerment that I have seen in the thirty seven years that I have been in law enforcement.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as they become available.

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