Smyrna Woman Indicted in Murder of Children Left Inside a Hot Car

Published: February 18, 2013

Smyrna Woman Indicted in Murder of Children Left Inside a Hot Car | Smyrna, Samantha Harper, hot car, children, WGNS, Murfreesboro news, newspaper

The February grand jury has indicted a Smyrna woman accused of leaving her children in her car back in August. The children died from the extreme heat inside the vehicle. Twenty-five year old Samantha Harper faces two counts of felony murder in the death of three-year old Daniel and two-year old Savannah Marise. Smyrna Police reported to WGNS back in August the children were left in the car outside Harper's Old Nashville Highway home and she went inside and fell asleep. When the woman woke up several hours later, she found the children deceased inside the car. Harper, who has been at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center since the tragedy, will be in general sessions court Tuesday to be arraigned.

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By: mrmcavoy on 2/18/13
I am overwhelmed with feelings on this one and I remember this hot day in august as i was miserable and heard about these children and I was enraged at this woman as I could not even imagine something like this happening to my children let alone being responsible for it, and I could not even imagine sitting in jail while it all sunk in that I was responsible for my childrens death I just could not imagine how I would handle that and I feel just as sorry for her as I do the children. God Bless them all ...

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