Trooper finds three kids, dog in trunk during traffic stop

BY Chris Sullivan  on September 25, 2012 @ 5:15 am (Updated: 9:57 am - 9/25/12 )

Traffic stop kids in trunk
The Washington State Patrol says troopers found three children locked in the trunk after pulling over a speeding car on Interstate 405 near Bothell. (Washington State Patrol) | Zoom
The Washington State Patrol says troopers found three children locked in the trunk after pulling over a speeding car on Interstate 405 near Bothell this weekend.

As the trooper worked the traffic stop, he heard muffled banging from the back of the car. When he popped the trunk, he found an 8-year-old girl, two boys aged 7 and 5, and a Chihuahua.

Trooper Keith Leary says the mom claims they climbed into the trunk from the backseat, but there were no car seats, and the backseat was full of other stuff.

"I think a normal person would think what the heck are these people thinking putting their kids in the trunk?" says Leary.

Anna Boyle, 28, and her fiance 27-year-old Aaron Johnson were booked into Snohomish County Jail Sunday on investigation of multiple charges, including drug possession and reckless child endangerment. A search of the car turned up meth, heroin and prescription pills.

Boyle, who was driving the car, didn't tell troopers about the children until they heard thumping sounds from the trunk.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Chris Sullivan, KIRO Radio Reporter
Chris loves the rush of covering breaking news and works hard to try to make sense of it all while telling stories about real people in extraordinary circumstances.
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Hmmmmmm?.........
    September 25, 2012 5:38 am
    It's only late September and there is still a lot of time left for people to get their ballots in for voting, but.......

    These two have risen right to the top of my list for: "Parents of the Year" award.

    Congratulations on your achievement!

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  • Irish Rover wrote...
    I'm Certain
    September 25, 2012 5:58 am
    the drugs had absolutely nothing to do with this. Recreational drugs and legalized marijuana never hurt anyone.
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  • lukaszkb wrote...
    drugs
    September 25, 2012 6:30 am
    That's kind offunny how they did not mention marijuana in the article and yet you found a way to throw it in there. Also, I take marijuana as medication, don't know hw you can call pills, heroin, and meth a recreational drug. Sure wouldn't want to be around you when you are being "recreational".
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  • Forrest wrote...
    Good logical thinking Irish Rover
    September 25, 2012 6:47 am
    Making drugs illegal should have prevented this from occurring.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Dopers squirting out kids.
    September 25, 2012 6:48 am
    A perfect example of dependency to both dope and gov't. Gov't makes it possible to do the dope. I bet they were not on their way to work. And this is just one example of a tsunami if gov't depedency.
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  • myopinion wrote...
    I cant believe
    September 25, 2012 7:22 am
    How many people on this blog cannot write at all. If you are going to participate in a forum such as this then you should at least be able to put together a sentence, while doing your substance. By the way this has nothing to do with Government why do people always make this a right wing left wing thing, and another thing nowhere in the article did it mention marijuana. God
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    @ myopinion
    September 25, 2012 2:39 pm
    Your worried about sentence structure when your own grammar and lack of punctuation are, well, lacking?

    LAFF OWT LOWD!!!!!

    BTW: It's my opinion, not "myopinion"...... ;-)

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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    ...and you forgot your period at the end of the paragraph...
    September 25, 2012 2:39 pm
    ....
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    Actually
    September 25, 2012 3:50 pm
    it should have been an exclamation point... ;-)
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  • 333 wrote...
    my opinion
    September 25, 2012 7:57 am
    it's didn't.....not, did it.
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  • Sean wrote...
    No, 333, it's not..
    September 25, 2012 12:38 pm
    Try reading the sentence again.
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  • anotherfencewalker wrote...
    Enough...
    September 25, 2012 7:58 am
    I'm sick of seeing these kind of stories that involve children.
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    It's McKenna's fault
    September 25, 2012 8:17 am
    I saw it on TV. He's depriving women of their constitutional and God-given right to free birth control. Thank God Gov. Inslee has a plan to force-feed contraceptives to crack heads.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Lonestar!
    September 25, 2012 10:59 am
    Hilarious! Kidding aside, these dirtbags need to go to JAIL!
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  • otherpointofview wrote...
    kids
    September 25, 2012 8:51 am
    those kids are in so much trouble with the state releases this idiotic mom back to her children... they're probably gonna get a beating and back into the trunk for her next ride to the crack store...
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  • otherpointofview wrote...
    wait a sec
    September 25, 2012 8:52 am
    Wait a min... why is no one talking about the poor dog that was in the trunk!!!! this woman should be hung!
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  • justanotheridiot wrote...
    Hey myopinion,
    September 25, 2012 9:05 am
    would you like me to proof read your last post? Don't throw stones when your grammer is worse. It makes me laugh when idiots try to correct people on this silly website when they can't "put together a sentence" either, so keep it up.
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  • Sean wrote...
    It's spelled...
    September 25, 2012 12:39 pm
    G-R-A-M-M-A-R, by the way.
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