Autopsy reports released on dead children
4:45 p.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2008
We have an update to a story about two children who were found dead in a car.
The Shawnee County Sheriff's Department says excessive heat killed the three year-old siblings.
Two teddy bears and a balloon mark where the girl and the boy died of hyperthermia.
Officials said both children were healthy and no other factors contributed to their deaths.
They were found in an unlocked car Sunday afternoon after their mother reported them missing.
Although the outside temperatures were in the mid to upper 70s on Sunday, temperatures inside the car could have been around 120 degrees.
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