Donrea McLaughlin and Sean Lee, a couple and parents to twin daughters, are held on $4.5m bond after chilling actions led to three-year-old twin girl’s death and cops make a grim discovery.
Donrea McLaughlin, 22, and her boyfriend Sean Lee, 26, are a young couple who live in Gainesville, Florida.
The duo has been charged for child neglect resulting in the death of one of their 3-year-old twin daughters after they left them at home for 8 hours.
Below is everything we know about what they’ve been accused of and what actually happened.
What did Donrea McLaughlin and Sean Lee do?
Mom Donrea McLaughlin, 22, and her boyfriend Sean Lee, 26, were arrested after police found one of their twin toddlers unconscious in their Gainesville, Florida, home.
The death of one of their twin girls has been ruled as a result of prolonged neglect and abuse.
The Gainesville Police Department made the discovery on September 1 after McLaughlin called them to her home.
She said she was down for a nap when Lee woke her up and said her daughter had stopped breathing.
But investigators say that McLaughlin and Lee both went to work that day and left the toddlers alone for eight hours without anyone checking up on them.
Police believe one of the children died from years of devastating injuries.
The other was hurt as well but was taken to a hospital for treatment.
McLaughlin and Lee fled to Atlanta where they were arrested by the Gainesville Police Department, Alachua County detectives, and the US Marshals.
They will be extradited to Florida to face charges of murder, aggravated child abuse, and child neglect.
They were hit with a $4.5million bond.