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An Arizona couple whose actions led to the death of two of their children and their niece were spared prison time after their surviving children pleaded with a judge to allow them to come home.
Daniel Rawlings deliberately drove his truck across the flooded Bar X Crossing of Tonto creek near his family's home on Nov. 29, 2019. He and his wife, Lacey Rawlings, their children and their niece had already crossed Tonto Creek on their way home when they decided to cross again because "the kids are having fun," police say Lacey Rawlings told them. After driving around a warning barricade posted on the road, the vehicle got stuck and waters swept away two of the couple's children, 5-year-old Colby and 6-year-old Willa, as well as the couple's niece, 5-year-old Austin Rawlings.
The bodies of Colby and Austin were found the next day, the Arizona Silver Belt reported. Willa’s body was found on Dec. 13, 2019.
"It was extremely dangerous, extremely irresponsible behavior given the conditions out on that river at that time," prosecutor Bradley Soos told Inside Edition.
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