The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued recalls in the past, warning consumers about the potential dangers of hope chests.Watch ReportTwo young siblings found unresponsive in Franklin after ...

BOSTON — A federal agency has launched an investigation into the deaths of two children who suffocated Sunday in a sealed hope chest. During an apparent game of hide-and-seek in their Franklin, Mass., ...

The devastating deaths of two Franklin children in an automatically locking hope chest Sunday night is a heartbreaking reminder of how dangerous the prized heirlooms are — and how many remain in ...

A brother and sister under age 10 apparently got trapped inside a chest in their Massachusetts home and died, authorities said Monday. Police responded to the Franklin home at about 8 p.m. Sunday ...

Following the news that two Franklin children died after accidently locking themselves in a wooden hope chest, local second-hand furniture store owners are examining their shops and wondering what ...

A family in Massachusetts is reeling after two of their children, ages 7 and 8, died after climbing into an old hope chest, which slammed shut and locked, suffocating them inside. The chest was made ...

The hope chest that two Franklin children accidentally locked themselves in, leading to their deaths, may have been recalled more than a decade ago, according to data on the Consumer Product Safety ...

FRANKLIN, Mass. — An 8-year-old girl and her 7-year-old brother died after getting trapped in a hope chest in their home, authorities said Monday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

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. But once inside ...