Two middle Tennessee children have died from heat stroke, and police have charged their mother.. A little boy and girl, ages 2 and 3, were found dead in the driveway of their Rutherford County home, possible victims of heat stroke. Police found them yesterday just before 4 p-m. Temperatures were in the mid-90s at the time. The bodies were found outside a car, and they appear to have been pulled from it. And police say they found deplorable conditions in the home. Police are charging the children's mother, Samantha Harper, with especially aggravated child abuse. You may remember a similar tragedy played out in Bradley County this summer. Police are charging Tasha Bates in connection with the deaths of her sons, 3 year old River and 5 year old Leland, after police believe she left them in a hot car. Police believe in Bates' case, methamphetamine use was a cause. But there's no word on if drugs were a factor in this latest tragedy in Smyrna.
