California couple arrested for leaving shoeless kids in desert on 104-degree day w/o shoes or water [View all]

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/calif-mom-arrested-leaving-kids-desert-104-degree-day-article-1.2711166

California mom dumped her three kids in the desert on a scorching summer day as a sick form of punishment, deputies said.

Mary Bell, 34, and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Gary Cassle, were arrested Wednesday after police found her children — a 7-year-old girl and two boys, ages 6 and 5 — wandering around San Bernardino County without shoes or water, the Sherriff’s Department said in a statement.

Officers found the children near the city of Twentynine Palms, where the temperature reached a sweltering 104 degrees Wednesday.

The couple told investigators they left the kids as a form of discipline.