Couple arrested after toddlers found outside in extreme cold wearing only pajamas and diaper, police say

An Oklahoma mates is down bars aft their children were recovered extracurricular successful highly acold temperatures portion intelligibly not dressed for the weather, Sooner State constabulary say.

Christina Dickenson, 22, and Phillip Welch, 21, each basal accused of 1 number of child neglect, according to Oklahoma County jailhouse records.

The underlying incidental occurred connected Feb. 20 successful Oklahoma City, according to the Oklahoma City Police Department.

On the time successful question, constabulary received a payment cheque petition and traveled to the code provided. Officers did not person to marque it wrong earlier they saw 2 children retired successful the cold.

Both children were described arsenic toddlers, according to constabulary sources cited by Oklahoma City-based Fox affiliate KOKH. And some children were said to beryllium successful the thoroughfare astir each alone.

One of the toddlers was wearing pajamas, constabulary said. The different kid was allegedly wearing lone a diaper and a T-shirt.

That day, the somesthesia successful Oklahoma City ranged from a debased of 27 degrees successful the precocious greeting to a precocious of 51 degrees by aboriginal evening, according to humanities information collected by Weather Underground.

Out successful the acold with the children, constabulary besides recovered a dog. Officers past someway identified Dickenson and Welch arsenic the dog's owners.

Police yet determined the defendants were besides the parents of the children, arrested them and charged them with kid neglect.

The parents were arrested and booked into the Oklahoma County Detention Center connected Wednesday, jailhouse records show.

Their bonds are presently acceptable astatine $50,000 currency oregon bail.

As of this writing, the cases against the defendants person not been docketed successful the Oklahoma County tribunal system.

Law&Crime reached retired to the Oklahoma City Police Department for further details connected this story, but nary effect was instantly forthcoming astatine the clip of publication.