Yeah, but she'll do until a real one comes along:
An Indianapolis mother accused of leaving her children in a hot car and then attacking a woman who stepped in to help made a mistake, but she isn't a monster, her family said Wednesday.
Heather Query, 21, was arrested Tuesday on preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent and battery after police said she left her two sons, ages 4 and 1, unattended inside a vehicle with the windows rolled up in the parking lot of the Kroger store at 1330 W. Southport Road.
Passer-by Heather Elliott told police that when she approached Query as she exited the store, the woman began yelling at her, telling her it was none of her business, and then punched her in the face.
The "mistake, not a monster" defense is used by the friends and relatives of everybody from Casey Anthony to Joran van der Sloot. It would refreshing if just once somebody's relative said, "A mistake? Oh, no, that's exactly what he intended to do. He's been an evil fiend since the day he was born.
