Two children drown after the car they were locked in rolls into a creek while their mother shopped
Jenea Monique Payne, 25, was arrested and charged with negligent manslaughter in the death of the two children
A Mississippi woman has been arrested and charged with negligent manslaughter after she left her three children in a vehicle that slid into a creek, drowning two of them to death as a result.
According to Leland assistant chief of police Marcus Davis, 25-year-old Jenea Monique Payne was charged with two counts of negligent manslaughter and one count of child neglect after being arrested at around noon on Monday, Daily Mail reports.
During an interview with investigators, Payne said she had left her three children asleep in the car when she went inside a convenience store. While the car was turned off, Payne had left the keys inside the vehicle.