Tragic accident

[Mrs Behavin]

13-year-old White County boy makes a shocking discovery. He finds his baby brother dead inside a running dishwasher. Detectives say right now they consider it a tragic accident, but they are still questioning family members.

It's being described by detectives as one of the worst death scenes in their careers.

White County Detective Mark Jones, says, "I’ve worked the crime scenes for the sheriff's department for the last six years and I have never come across a scene such as this."

Detectives say what they found inside the Romance mobile home on Snowbird Road was 18-month-old Clifton Kurk dead, covered in severe burns.

"I think that what we've found out so far would suggest that this was a tragic accident. However, the case is open and we're still looking," says Chief Deputy Jeremy Clark.

Clark says Kurk's mother was at work and his father asleep when his 13-year-old brother made the gruesome discovery.

Clark explains, "I believe the child walked out of the room, realized that his little brother wasn't there, heard the dishwasher on and found that odd. The baby's blanket was laying in front of the dishwasher.”

Today's THV - KTHV Little Rock News Article

 

[GuesSAngel]

omg that's horrible!

 

[dt3]

How the hell does an 18 month old "accidentally" get in a dishwasher??? And then it somehow turned on? I'm not buying that...tragic, but I don't see how it was an accident...

 

[Mrs Behavin]

I heard on the news this morning that the dishwasher had been set to automatic when the door closes. Im wondering if the door on the dishwasher wasnt already open and thats when the boy crawled in it.

 

[UncleBacon]

thats so sad

 

[Keight]

thats awful, im still trying to see how it was an accident though the child actually locked himself in there and then somehow turned the thing on??

 

[AUDRAA]

ok I almost puked when I read this can you imagine *shudders*