infoOklahoma dad arrested after 2 children, ages 3 and 4, found dead in locked truck

   
Oklahoma dad arrested after 2 children, ages 3 and 4, found dead in locked truck

Dustin Lee Dennis, 31, is facing two counts of second-degree murder after his children, who were both under the age of five, were pronounced dead at his home, according to an arrest report.

Dennis told police he drove to QuikTrip with his children around noon and then returned to his home.

Dennis then fell asleep for four to five hours and when he woke up, he couldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t find his children, police said.

Dennis told police he found his children in the floorboard of the truck and then moved the children to the living room where paramedics pronounced the children dead.

A neighbor had video of Dennis leaving, then locking his truck and going inside without getting the children out, police said.

Saturday\u00e2\u0080\u0099s high temperature in Tulsa reached the low 90\u00e2\u0080\u0099s, according to the National Weather Service.

According to kidsandcars.org the inside of a vehicle acts like a greenhouse trapping in heat causing the temperature inside to rise very quickly. Within minutes of being left inside a hot car, a child can begin to suffer the life-threatening symptoms of heatstroke.

Dennis was booked into the Tulsa County jail on two counts of murder.