Two Year Old Dies Outside in Snowbank

**Twisterdog** · 01-03-2008, 08:11 PM

What a horrible tragedy. And I have to ask, as the mother of a two year once .... HOW does a two year get out of the house? Do they not have locked doors? Deadbolts?

"NEW ULM, Minn. - A 2-year-old boy died after crawling out of bed next to his sleeping mother and wandering outside on a frigid night, authorities and the woman said.

Dara Lenz found the body of her son, Lucas Boldt, in a snowbank about 10 to 20 feet from her home and called police, who tried to revive him. The temperature was minus 9.

Lenz, 26, said she and Lucas went to sleep in her bed at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, but when she woke up Wednesday morning, he was no longer next to her. He wasn't in his room, and she raced outside and found him in the snow.

"I woke up into a nightmare," Lenz said. "This is nothing you want to wake up to. ... It's just not fair. ... He was my pride and joy."

It was unclear if the doors had been locked.

"I don't know how it happened," Lenz said. "He's never wandered away before."

Police don't suspect foul play, though Cmdr. Myron Weiland said Thursday they were still investigating."

**caseysmom** · 01-03-2008, 08:27 PM

I always locked doors so people wouldn't get in, who would have thought a 2 year old would wander outside like that, it is really bizarre.

**shepgirl** · 01-03-2008, 09:26 PM

I had a 2 yr old at one time...and I can't figure out how in heck the boy would get out of bed without waking the mom. And we always locked our doors too, not only to keep people out but for this exact reason of worrying that one of our children might sleepwalk or something.

**jackie** · 01-03-2008, 09:34 PM

Poor woman.

I know lots of little children that have escaped from under their parents noses, and none of them are negligent. What a tragedy.

**caseysmom** · 01-03-2008, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by jackie

Poor woman.

I know lots of little children that have escaped from under their parents noses, and none of them are negligent. What a tragedy.

I agree.

**Catty1** · 01-04-2008, 12:51 AM

The comments below that story on Yahoo - one's a spambot and the other is a total troll - but the disbelieving comments all come from people who have no children.

The ones who comment otherwise know only too well how very young kids can get through 'childproof' ANYTHING, often when they are way younger than the 'age limit' on the devices.

I don't know how the mom will live with this...I really really hope and pray that she can get the support to get by this, not to forget, but to live again.