FRANKLIN — As their father watched television in another room, a young brother and sister apparently playing hide-and-seek Sunday night slipped into an old hope chest, a relative said.

A petite girl, Massarella had been in her room with her door locked, music playing loudly, her mother said. Mary Massarella said she had no idea about the recall of the hope chests at the time.

The items women will earn as they progress through the program will come from the “Hope Chest,” a room at the Arbor House full of personal items, such as baby wash and lotion, car seats ...

Kids have suffocated after climbing into airtight ... perished after they became trapped in a vintage hope chest. That chest, made by the Lane Furniture Company in 1939, could not be opened ...

While parents may help their kids get prepared for the classroom, a nonprofit in Mesa is stepping in to help foster children. FOX 10's Dominique Newland visited Helen's Hope Chest for this story.

Police responded to the Franklin home at about 8 p.m. Sunday after family members found the children together inside the hope chest, which had a lid that could only be opened from the outside.

Police were called to the home in Franklin after family members found the children inside the hope chest, which had a lid ... "the type of kids you invite into your home". Authorities said the ...