There were two sisters put at risk by their mother and her boyfriend when they had left the girl’s bedroom window open all night letting in air that was -30 degrees. One child died due to severe hypothermia and the other pulled through. Now, as reported by KTUU TV News from Anchorage, Alaska, the couple has been charged with two felony counts of domestic-violence assault.
Charging documents read that the two girls had to be medavaced to Anchorage in an attempt to save their lives.
The mother of the two girls, E.E.G., along with her live-in boyfriend, R.T., called police to their home on Momeganna Street in Barrow reporting that the three-year old child wasn’t breathing.
When North Slope Borough police arrived, they were met at the home by R.T. – who was holding both girls, aged one and three, nude in his arms.
Court documents read: “Sergeant Michels immediately noticed (the 3-year-old) was not breathing, was cold to the touch, and was blue around the face and mouth and was not wearing any clothing. Sergeant Michels immediately checked for a pulse and did not find one and then began CPR.”
Once the girls arrived at Barrow’s Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital physicians noted that they both had core temperatures indicating severe hypothermia. The three-year-old received 3 hours of CPR, was finally able to breathe on her own, but later died at the Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
The one-year old girl had bruising and dried blood on her mouth but survived.
Officers reported signs of drunkenness in R.T. at the home and his blood alcohol percent proved to be twice the legal driving limit: 0.164.
Officers wrote: “It was noticed (R.T.) had red watery eyes and a moderate odor of alcohol on and about his breath and person. Officers on scene noticed that there was two Rich and Rare bottles of whiskey on the floor of the house.”
E.E.G., a second-grade schoolteacher, told officers that R.T. took care of her children while she was at work. She said that R.T. had been a lifelong acquaintance and that the two began a relationship several months ago.
Officers reported: “Although the defendant stated that she did not know how or why the girls were hypothermic, she said (she) checked in on the girls prior to leaving for work on the morning of February 2, and that the girls were sleeping and wearing clothing in the room where the window was found open. The defendant said nothing about the girls’ window being open or closed.”
R.T. allegedly told police that he had opened the window in the girl’s room to air it out as the two had wet the bed. He said that he had retired at approximately 2 a.m. after putting the girls to bed at approximately 9 p.m.
After waking at about 10:30 a.m. R.T. called the police when he found the girls unresponsive – though police contend that the time was 12:30 p.m.
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