Whimpering toddler locked in room for hours with dead mom in next room, Texas cops say

Police were called to the home at 8:41 a.m. for a welfare check.

They knocked on the door and listened for movement but heard nothing.

When they arrived at the home a second time, they found bedroom doors locked using wire secured to the doorknob and the banister.

They heard a whimper from one of the rooms, which prompted police to cut the wires to find the 2-year-old in one room and the deceased mother in the next.

The suspect was the mother’s boyfriend, his daughter told police.