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Affidavit details mother’s plan to harm children by driving into river
The affidavit describes Scharron Dingledine telling Lawrence police she fought with the children's father in Columbia, briefly stayed at a psychiatric hospital, then took his car with the kids inside to the Kansas City area. She drove to the river near Lawrence and considered suicide, then decided to drive into the river with the children unrestrained. Officers recovered her and the children. one toddler, Elijah, remained in critical condition after being rushed to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Dingledine was charged in Douglas County and ordered for a mental competency evaluation with a court date set Aug 28.
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Dingledine
Lawrence
Columbia
Kansas City
Scharron
Journal-World
Gwynn Fogarty
Brad Fry
Dustin Lister
Elijah
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Douglas County
Charles Branson
State of Kansas
Carol Cline
Peggy Kittel