The wife of a veteran Florida officer died Friday after she was trapped in the backseat of her husband’s police-issued SUV for several hours, according to reports. Investigators reportedly believe Clara Paulino, 56, became trapped in her husband’s Ford Explorer SUV while searching for something. Sources told the Miami Herald that Paulino climbed inside the …
A 3-year-old is dead and her younger sister gravely injured after somehow getting locked inside their mother’s car. Fox 13 reports that Kaylee Petchenik, the mother of the two children, contacted police after she woke up from a nap and noticed the girls missing. According to the Booneville Police Department, officers arrived at the residence …
Authorities in California are investigating after a 22-month-old boy was reportedly found dead in a hot car on Wednesday. The Fullerton Police Department said in a statement that they responded to the 400 block of West Wilshire Ave at 3:30 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive child in a vehicle. Responding officers and paramedics attempted …
Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia man serving a life sentence for killing his toddler son, wants a new trial. AJC reports that Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark in Cobb County scheduled several days to listen to Justin Ross Harris’ hearing, from December 14-16, where his lawyer will argue for a new murder trial. Harris, …
A Tennesse man has been indicted on murder and other related charges in connection with the death of his 3-year-old son. Daily News Journal reports that Dylan Levesque, 23, is accused of leaving his son, Daylin Palmer, inside a hot car for around four hours in July. By the time first responders arrived at the …
A foster mom in Georgia is facing criminal charges after two children were found unresponsive in the back of a vehicle and later died, WSAV-TV reports. Prosecutors allege that Claudette Foster was negligent while she was caring for the 3-year-old twins in Hinesville, Georgia, about 45 miles southwest of Savannah. Police were called to Foster’s fiancée’s …
When the mother returned to the car, the unresponsive toddler was covered in vomit and skin was coming off her body.
A New Mexico couple who tried for years to have a child were left devastated when their “miracle baby” died inside a hot car on Tuesday. According to the Hobbs Police Department, 2-year-old Zariah Hasheme was pronounced dead on Tuesday afternoon after her nanny allegedly forgot to drop her off at daycare. The nanny, identified …
A day care driver allegedly turned off the safety alarm for the van that a 2-year-old Florida boy died in late last month. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, a recently-released county report stated that the unidentified driver exited the white Ford E-350 Super Duty van and walked around the back to disable to alarm. …
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 …
