A woman climbed through a vehicle’s sunroof to rescue a pair of toddlers who were left inside on a steamy summer day, KOKH-TV reports. A security guard working for an Oklahoma City Walmart on August 14 reported that the vehicle was hot to the touch and that she had burned her hand in attempting to …
A North Carolina woman was arrested on Thursday, days after her 5-month-old daughter reportedly died in a hot car for several hours on Sunday. According to the Independent Tribune, Madison Moore, 26, told Iredell County police that she left her daughter in a car seat inside a car for several hours. An autopsy conducted earlier …
A Florida mother wants to know why prosecutors dropped charges against a former friend who left her 20-month-old son in the back seat of her car while she went to work. Dougkindra Wallace, 35, was initially charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and neglect of a child in connection with the death of Jace …
Police said the father appeared more concerned about paying for a broken window than his daughter’s safety
A Florida woman was arrested on negligent homicide charges on Tuesday, weeks after her newborn daughter reportedly died in a hot car. The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that Megan Dauphin, 30, was also charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Dauphin’s baby was reportedly found dead in her car in …
A Louisiana mother was arrested Monday, a day after her 2-year-old son reportedly died in a hot car. The Lafayette Parish Coroner confirmed Ryatt Hensley’s manner of death as heatstroke. The toddler was found dead after sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Duson at 1:50 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive child in a …
Authorities in Florida are investigating after a 1-year-old boy was reportedly found dead in a car on Friday. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Jace Leslie was found deceased in a vehicle parked outside a Pine Hills home. WESH reported that the residence the toddler was discovered dead outside of was also used as an …
Temperatures reached 101 degrees on the day the child died
As temperatures crept into the lower 90s last Monday afternoon, a Duncanville, Texas, resident noticed a baby, strapped into a car seat in a Ford Explorer, alone, with the windows tightly closed. The resident called Duncanville police, and Officer Christian Pinilla jumped into action, breaking into the vehicle and getting the crying baby to the …
An Alabama couple who’s facing manslaughter charges for last week’s death of their 3-year-old son may have left him in a hot car for 16 hours before finding him. Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver told WHNT that Bentley Fowler was possibly in the vehicle from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. the following day. Oliver …
An 8-month-old Virginia girl died Tuesday after being left in a hot car for an extended period of time, according to reports. At 12:30 p.m., Chesapeake police responded to a report of a child left in a vehicle on Adventure Way. Police told WAVY the infant was left in the car for “several hours.” The …
A 4-year-old Texas boy has died after being found unresponsive in a hot car Saturday evening, according to reports. Adults at a Wichita residence reportedly told police that the child had vanished and they found him in a car. The boy’s believed to have wandered outside and climbed into the car, according to KWTX. It’s …
