A mother and her boyfriend were arrested Wednesday after police say the couple left the mother’s three children behind in a desert without water as a punishment. The children—ages 5, 6, and 7—were found alone without water or shoes in Twentynine Palms, California, where the local temperature hit 104 degrees. San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said they determined during an investigation that the kids were left as part of a disciplinary measure.
