Girl dies after long walk in snow; dad charged with murder
The father told the girl and her brother to try to walk 10 miles in the snow to their mother’s house after his truck broke down on Christmas Day. He stayed behind with the truck.
The 11-year-old girl, Sage Aragon, was found about 2.7 miles from where she set out in Idaho, almost buried under a snowdrift. She later died of hypothermia, the Associated Press reported. Her brother, Bear, 12, made it to a rest area off a highway, halfway to his mother’s home. He was found wearing only long underwear. He had taken off the rest of his clothes after becoming delusional from hypothermia.
Their father was charged with second-degree murder. Robert Aragon, 55, appeared in court briefly on Monday and was told he could face life in prison if convicted. He banged his head on the table as the charges were read.
Authorities said the father’s truck got stuck in a snowdrift as he was taking them to visit their mother in another town. Aragon told the kids to get out and walk to their mom’s house. He and another adult stayed behind to free the truck and then drove back to Aragon’s home, the mother, JoLeta Jenks, told police. She called police after she talked to the father and found out what he had done.
On Christmas Day, temperatures in the area ranged from 27 degrees to minus 5.
UPDATE: The girl’s uncle, who had stayed behind with her father and the truck, was arrested on New Year’s Day and charged with second-degree murder.
ithink he should get life in prison or get hard punishment.No one should watch their children suffer or die, may he rott in jail.
he should be sent to prison without parole for life! eventually, his jail mates will do to him the same he did to these two innocent children. shame on him!!! bastard!!
The father is not a father what kind of man would do that and what about the other adult he even let the kids go.They bothneed to be punished.Maybe standing in their undies during an avalanch will teach them
why would he even let them walk alone like that in this weather and with the way the world is today with all the nuts in it??!!??
if there were 2 adults, one of them should have started out walking!!!