Parents to be tried for tying up children at Lawrence Walmart

CREATED Aug. 14, 2012

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A judge in northeast Kansas has ruled that an Illinois couple will stand trial on child abuse charges after two of their children were found bound in a Walmart parking lot in Lawrence.  

Douglas County District Court Judge Paula Martin made the ruling at the conclusion of a preliminary hearing for Deborah Gomez and her husband, Adolfo Gomez.  Two of the couple's children, ages 5 and 7, were found tied up and with duct tape over their eyes outside the Lawrence store on June 13.