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    4 year-old British boy found dead In dryer

    I don't get how this could possibly happen. I wonder if the kid was beaten to death then put in the dryer to make it look like an accident.

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/20.../14833431.html

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    Kids = no common sense. He probably thought "Hey I'll go climb into the dryer because I'm bored."

    I may be wrong, but I don't think there is a latch to open dryers from the inside...
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    Quote Originally Posted by duster View Post
    I don't get how this could possibly happen. I wonder if the kid was beaten to death then put in the dryer to make it look like an accident.

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/20.../14833431.html

    That's a very good theory considering the fact that it would be impossible for the child to get in the dryer, close the door and then push the start button. I know my dryer will not start unless the door is completely closed and you have to push the start button.

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    Was the dryer on? I know my grandmothers has a time delay after she hits the button.
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    This seems suspicious. I did once see a TV show about a toddler who opened up a washing machine and stuck his hand inside. It ripped off his arm (which was then reattached). A dryer seems a lot trickier to die in accidentally, unless he was somehow hiding in there and his parents or whomever didn't realize he was there and just turned it on.

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    It doesn't say whether the dryer was actually on. Could you suffocate inside a dryer if you managed to close the door behind you? Dunno...

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    The child was playing hide and seek and hid in the dryer apparently. I think he suffocated. He must have been in there for ages, who was supposed to be looking after him? This is so sad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by duster View Post
    It doesn't say whether the dryer was actually on. Could you suffocate inside a dryer if you managed to close the door behind you? Dunno...

    I definitely think that you could suffocate in one. Especially those front loading models. The newer ones have a pretty hardcore seal on them.. Why didn't anyone hear him make noise? He must have kicked around once he realized he was inside?
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    One other thing to consider is that British laundry appliaces are generally quite a bit smaller than the ones we use in North America. Hard for me to see how even a four year-old could get into one unassisted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RogerV View Post
    One other thing to consider is that British laundry appliaces are generally quite a bit smaller than the ones we use in North America. Hard for me to see how even a four year-old could get into one unassisted.
    I was thinking exactly the same thing. That must have been one small kid.

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