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Man Released after Weekend Arrest for Kids' Deaths in Hot Car

A man arrested after his two children died after spending hours in a hot car over the weekend has been released.

Investigators say video from a neighbor's house shows 4-year-old Tegan and 3-year-old Ryan Dennis get into Dustin Dennis' truck by themselves Sunday afternoon and never get out.

Dennis told police he took the kids to a convenience store around noon, then returned home, went inside and fell asleep, finding the kids when he woke up hours later.

In a different case, a woman whose children wandered off and drowned after she allegedly passed out intoxicated faces two second-degree murder charges.

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.