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 …
A Pennsylvania woman was found not guilty on most charges on Friday, involving the death of a 4-year-old girl, left inside a hot car for more than six hours in 2016. The community is speaking out, demanding transparency and exposure, but her family insists that the entire story is not being told on social media, …
A little girl lost her life in 2016 after her father’s girlfriend reportedly left her inside a hot car in a Pennsylvania parking lot. After hearing two days’ of testimony and evidence including a distressing 911 call, a Pennsylvania jury must decide if the child’s death was a crime or a tragic accident. On Tuesday …
A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly left her 1-year-old daughter inside a hot car, leading to the infant’s death, Seminole County authorities said on Saturday. Orlando’s NBC2 reports that 29-year-old Kailyn Pollard is facing charges of negligent manslaughter after her daughter, Kit Noelle Pollard, was found dead inside a car parked by a gas pump on …
