In her interview with local station WSB, Breal Ellis said, "I was with them every day and the one day I left...I just want to tell them I'm sorry. They didn't deserve to die like that or to die, period, but I know they're in heaven."
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Police say the girls died after their father, Asa North, left the 15-month-old twins inside his car on August 4. North was drunk at the time, according to police. Ellis was out of town visiting her sister who had been hurt in a car accident.
Officers called to the apartment complex say they found neighbors trying to cool the girls down in the pool with ice packs.
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North is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct.
Ellis said she was having trouble getting the money together to bury her daughters, so she created a GoFundMe page to ask the public for help. Entertainer Tyler Perry, WSB reports, reached out to the station and offered to cover the funeral expenses.