Reply #7: That's local around here

[wryter2000]

The grandmother became suspicious. (The mother of the man's late wife, who was the mother of the children.) When they couldn't find a sitter (grandma couldn't do it because she had to work), she told them, "Take the kids and make it a family trip." They told her "We're newly-weds and need time to ourselves." Selfish bastards. They left emergency phone numbers with the kids, but when the police tried calling them, no one answered! Assholes.

I'm glad they boarded the dogs, or the 9-year-old would have had to take care of them, too. You should have heard what the local news anchor had to say about the fact that they found care for the dogs but not the kids.