Two Florida children died in separate incidents Friday after reportedly being left in hot cars. CNN reported that two children—a 1-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy—died miles apart from one another Friday. The girl was found dead in a car parked at a Sanford Wawa at 4:50 p.m. while the boy was found 2:30 p.m. in …
A Georgia mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly leaving her 2-year-old son in a hot car for 45 minutes while she smoked marijuana inside an apartment. According to The Newman Times-Herald, police responded to the parking lot of Jackson’s Landing Apartments on Friday after a caller reported that a child had been left in a …
A South Carolina woman who allegedly claimed she suffered a medical emergency as her 18-month-old grandson died in a hot car, was charged in connection with his death after police said they found inconsistencies with her story. Police announced on August 29 that they’ve arrested Janet Nix, 64, and charged her with homicide by child abuse …
A Michigan mother said a 911 dispatcher refused to send police to her grandparents’ home after she accidentally locked her 2-month-old daughter in her car. CBS News reported that Waterford police have apologized for last Saturday’s incident involving Lacey Guyton and her infant daughter, Raina. Temperatures reportedly reached 84 degrees on the day Raina became trapped …
Newly released video shows the tense moments when a Florida deputy rescued a 3-year-old girl after she was reportedly left in a hot car for more than 12 hours. According to WESH, Seminole County police were called to the Vista Haven Apartments early June 17 following reports of a child locked in a stolen car. …
Ohio police said passersby rescued a 1-year-old girl from a hot car last week as her parents overdosed in a Canton parking lot. Speaking with “Inside Edition,” Eric Asher said he and his fiancée, Alexandria Whitt, were driving down the road when they saw a couple lying motionless outside a car and a baby sitting in the …
The Virginia mother of a deceased 6-month-old boy said that an unexpected change in her routine caused her to forget to drop her son off at a relative’s home and leave him in a hot car while she worked. Blondia Curry, 30, told WTVR that her youngest daughter’s father called Friday and told her that he …
Police in Missouri are investigating after a 10-week-old girl died Saturday in a hot car parked at a trailer park. Cape Girardeau County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that the infant girl found dead at Parkwood Lake Estates trailer park died as a result of hyperthermia, according to the Southeast Missourian. Police said the girl’s siblings found …
A Louisana mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly leaving her two young children in a car parked at a shopping center Sunday afternoon and assaulting a bystander who attempted to intervene. NOLA.com reported that temperatures in Kenner reached 91 degrees—though it felt like it was 99 degrees. Police said this didn’t stop Shawnise Sherman, 22, …
A Texas grand jury has indicted a teen on two counts of murder for the deaths of two toddler sisters who he allegedly left in a hot car last year. Indicted on July 23, Kevin Franke, 18, was initially charged with two counts of manslaughter, injury to a child and child endangerment for the June 7, 2017, …
Police estimated temperatures inside the van reached 113 degrees
Neighbors claimed the 2-year-old had been left in the car a week prior to the deadly incident
