A 16-month-old girl in Iowa died Sunday after reportedly being found in a hot car. Authorities told KTIV that the toddler, whose identity hasn’t been released to the public, was left in the parked vehicle for “an extended period of time” The girl was pronounced dead at the hospital after emergency crews found her unresponsive …
Five years after a Georgia man left his toddler son inside a hot car for eight hours, he’s still hoping to be released from prison one day and awaiting his court date after filing an appeal. AJD reports that Justin Ross Harris still insists that his son Cooper’s death was an accident. Harris said he …
Authorities in California have criminally charged a hired driver who allegedly left an intellectually disabled man to die in a hot car last summer. According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint against Emanuel Arellano, 25, for involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse charges (as the victim …
Authorities in Missouri said criminal charges are likely forthcoming in connection with Sunday’s death of an 11-month-old girl who was allegedly left inside a car for approximately 16 hours. A Florissant Valley Fire Protection District spokesman told KSDK that the unidentified baby was in the vehicle with her parents when they arrived home between midnight …
A Maryland boy who died Wednesday in South Carolina after reportedly locking himself in a hot car succumbed to complications of probable hyperthermia, officials confirmed Friday. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Zion Akinrefon had wandered back into the family car after he and his relatives had gotten out. His mother discovered him unresponsive in …
A Minnesota man is behind bars after he reportedly left his 4-year-old boy inside a vehicle for six hours while he worked on Saturday. KAKE reports that Alexander Taylor, 28, admitted that he allowed his son to stay inside his vehicle “with the window cracked” because he didn’t have anyone else to watch his son …
An 18-month-old Arizona toddler has died after reportedly being found unresponsive in a hot car on Monday afternoon. According to KNXV, Glendale police responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex located near 53rd Avenue and Thunderbird Road. The little girl had been in the vehicle for a few hours before her father discovered her …
A Florida mother has been criminally charged for last week’s death of her 2-year-old daughter, whom she allegedly left in a hot car for eight hours as she slept in their home. Escambia police said Joy Monell was found dead in a white minivan outside the Aqua Porta Apartments at 4 p.m April 10. The …
“You will forever be entombed in a prison of your own mind,” a judge told the mother in court
A Texas couple whose daughter died after they left her in the backseat of a vehicle could face decades in prison, the Houston Chronicle reports. Olga Esquivel and Angel Esquivel-Blanco, of Humble, Texas, were charged earlier this week with child abandonment in connection with the death of their 2-year-old daughter, Alicia Esquivel. The girl died …
A Texas woman will spend 40 years of her life inside a prison after she left her two young children to die last year in a hot car, according to Hill County Breaking News. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brynn Hawkins, 1, and Addyson Overgard-Eddy, 2, died in 2017 at University Hospital in San Antonio, of heat …
When Brittany Borgess, 30, drove to work one morning in 2016, she forgot about the 4-year-old girl who was strapped into a child seat in her car. Samaria Motyka, the daughter of her boyfriend, died a terrible death that day from the intense heat that built up over six hours inside the parked car. Borgess …
