OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — Two Oklahoma City parents are facing criminal charges, accused of leaving their two toddlers home alone for over an hour.
According to court documents, on November 3, a driver near Northwest 16th and Villa Avenue found a three-year-old girl in the street by herself. An officer said the driver told them they knocked on a home nearby and asked the homeowner if it was their daughter. The homeowner told the driver it was not their child, and identified suspects Rudy Lopez and Jessica Lopez-Paz, their next door neighbors, as the parents. Police say they weren’t home.
“That is absolutely unacceptable,” said neighbor Amber Carrigan. “You cannot leave a child in diapers at home by themselves. That’s insane. I mean, it’s just disheartening. It’s scary.”
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When Oklahoma City Police officers responded to the incident, documents say they went inside to find a second toddler boy inside the home by himself.