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Girls body found in tumble drier

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elsmommy · 27/06/2005 10:23

I can't believe this

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handlemecarefully · 27/06/2005 10:27

I'll probably get flamed for saying this but I am haunted by odd this scenario sounds

PooPooGirl · 27/06/2005 10:30

Sounds very odd if you ask me. How could she have shut the door from the inside? Actually I have lots of questions reading that. It's not very in-depth.

poor little girl

SoupDragon · 27/06/2005 10:31

It would be easy to shut the door from the inside, just poke fingers through the filter and pull.

nailpolish · 27/06/2005 10:31

agree with hmc, sounds odd. tumble dryer doors are very light and dont slam. (ill get flamed too)

Lonelymum · 27/06/2005 10:33

Didn't they wonder where their dd was? Surely it would take some time to suffocate even in a small space like a tumble dryer. Or did she get into it during the night? Talk about QoQ being a bad mummy for leaving her ds for five minutes! This story is unbelievable!

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elsmommy · 27/06/2005 10:33

How could a 3 year old fall asleep in someting so small?

Couldn't sleep last night thinking about it

It only happened a few mins away from me

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saadia · 27/06/2005 10:34

Yes I saw that report too - find it hard to see how she could fall asleep in a tumble drier, and how could it slam shut. You have to press ours for it to shut. And for her to be missing long enough to suffocate means no-one was watching her. Very tragic.

I suppose these stories do remind us to be vigilant.

katierocket · 27/06/2005 10:35

apparently it was during the night. it is odd though for her to have gone downstairs and got into the dryer in the middle of the night.

almostanangel · 27/06/2005 10:35

how big was their tumble dryer?im sure a 3 year old wouldnt fit in mine ,,however this happened poor little hunny rest in peace

Marina · 27/06/2005 10:36

American-style BIG dryer maybe?

almostanangel · 27/06/2005 10:37

oh

chipmonkey · 27/06/2005 10:41

Terrible. Poor little girl.

LGJ · 27/06/2005 10:42

HMC

You are braver than I am...............I thought I just had a bad mind.

handlemecarefully · 27/06/2005 10:48

I shall feel very ashamed however if it does transpire that it was a tragic accident.

LGJ · 27/06/2005 10:51

HMC

Don't, even if it was a tragice accident it was bizzare to say the very least.

charliecat · 27/06/2005 11:04

In the newspaper I read this morning it said the door had a spring and there was an older sibling. So awful

chipmonkey · 27/06/2005 11:11

tbh I think thats the sort of thing ds1 would do to ds2 for a joke (not meaning to kill him of course} but he has been known to lock ds2 in wardrobes etc. But she would have needed to be in there for a really long time to suffocate, surely?

essbee · 27/06/2005 11:11

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starlover · 27/06/2005 11:13

this has happened before. remember reading about it.
the tumble drier we used to have was on a slight slope and the door would swing shut. didn't take a lot of effort for it to lock...

it's very, very sad

Tinker · 27/06/2005 11:34

It was teh mother's comment that made me think this was odd - "We will miss her". Don't think I'd be able to even make a comment never mind one as cool as that.

jambo1707 · 27/06/2005 11:34

Poor child, so sad

Gobbledigook · 27/06/2005 11:47

Hmmmmmm. I must admit, I agree with hmc - I hope this is a tragic accident (iykwim) but it doesn't really add up does it??

QueenOfQuotes · 27/06/2005 11:50

Do you remember the twins that died after suffocating under a chest of drawers that fell on top of them - I should imagine there's more air in an upturned chest of drawers than in a closed tumble dryer. I don't suppose it would take too long for the oxygen to go in a tumble drier

NomDePlume · 27/06/2005 11:54

hmc, and all the other sceptics, I'm afraid I'm with you in feeling that there's something not being said wrt to the real circumstances. IME, tumble drier drums are pretty small and 3 year old toddlers are pretty big to climb inside one & shut the door let alone get inside get comfy enough to 'fall asleep'. Very sad story indeed.

sparklymieow · 27/06/2005 11:55

My tumble dryer has a huge drum, and my 3 year old is small enough to climb into it.