Drunk dad charged with manslaughter for abandoning 2-year-old son in hot car (Phoenix, Arizona)

Dad is identified as JAMES KORYOR.

http://uptownmagazine.com/2015/04/father-charged-abandoning-toddler-hot-car/

Father Charged In Death of Toddler Abandoned in Hot Car

Posted by Angela Wilson on Apr 23, 2015
UPTOWN

A Phoenix, Arizona father was arrested for manslaughter and child abuse when he abandoned his 2-year-old son in a hot car where the toddler later died.

James Koryor, 41, was taken into custody Tuesday when officials discovered he ran to the liquor store with his toddler, bought a bottle of gin, drank it on the way home and fell asleep inside his house.

The child, identified as Alpha Koryor, was left behind in the car. Detectives found signs that he had desperately struggled to escape the vehicle, which didn’t have any car seats, before dying in 90 degree temperatures.

Koryor was supposed to take his 2-year-old boy, along with his 5-year-old son, to get haircuts. The older son either got out of the vehicle by himself or was taken inside by his father, police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump said. Family members asked where his little brother was, and he said the child was asleep, Crump said.

The mother was inside the home, studying, before finding her son’s body around 4 p.m., when she went to drive to class. Neighbors said they heard weeping and wailing from the family’s driveway.

Koryor sobbed uncontrollably in court when bond was set at $50,000. Prosecutors requested an increased bail, considering Koryor a flight risk, due to Koryor’s strong ties to the Ivory Coast, Liberia and Ghana.

Dad gets probation for death of 4-year-old daughter (Flint,Texas)

Dad is identified as RUSSEL LINDSTROM. No mention of a mother in the home.

http://www.bullardnews.com/news/2015-01-14/Front_Page/Flint_father_faces_15_years_of_probation.html

Flint father faces 15 years of probation
Lindstrom pleads guilty to two counts of injury to a child

By MICAH McCARTNEY Editor

A Smith County father charged in his daughter’s death pleaded guilty Friday, Jan. 9, during an early morning plea hearing.

Russel Lindstrom, 33, of Flint, pleaded guilty to two counts of injury to a child resulting from the death of his four year old daughter, Bella Rose, and injury to his three year old daughter, Zoey, in June.

Smith County Sheriff’s Offi ce Dispatch received a 9-1-1 call Wednesday, June 11, from a person reporting two unresponsive toddlers inside a vehicle in the 18000 block of County Road 1100, near Flint. EMS workers arrived and found the two girls inside a locked 2003 Nissan Frontier pickup.

Lindstrom, reportedly thinking the girls were asleep in a bedroom, went outside in search for the girls after he played a video game and then was told to go check on the girls. He found the girls locked inside the truck, saying Bella was lying in a puddle of her own vomit. Lindstrom went back inside the house to get the keys, unlocked the truck and pulled Bella from the truck, attempting to cool her off inside the family pool. He then returned to the truck, removed Zoey, and placed her on cool concrete.

Lindstrom returned to his oldest daughter and found no pulse or response. He performed CPR and attempted to call 9-1-1, but was unable to due to water damage caused in the pool. A friend of the family at the scene called 9-1-1, later stating that it took first responders 30 minutes to arrive at the scene. Bella was transported to a local hospital, where she later died. Zoey survived the ordeal, was treated overnight at a local hospital, and released.

Child Protective Services is involved in the case. There is no CPS history with the family. CPS is currently investigating Lindstrom for neglectful supervision, looking into who was supposed to supervise the children, as well as how the children ended up inside a locked vehicle.

According to CPS, the investigation’s preliminary findings suggest Bella Lindstrom died of heat-related complications after being in a locked vehicle for an undetermined amount of time. Zoey Lindstrom was not taken into CPS custody.

A search warrant was executed at the residence Wednesday, July 9. At that time, Lindstrom was arrested and booked into the Smith County Jail and charged with one count of manslaughter and one count of injury to a child, with a total bond of $200,000. Lindstrom’s truck was also taken from the property to the Smith County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab for processing.

According to Lindstrom, authorities confiscated all of his electronics and prescription medication, as well as a grinder, pipe, and small amount of marijuana. Lindstrom alerted authorities to the fact he had several guns and other weapons inside the house, but they were not removed at the time of his arrest.

Lindstrom’s original charge of one count of manslaughter was changed by a court to two counts of injury to a child in October. Lindstrom has been out of jail since Monday, Dec. 8, when he was released on a personal recognizance bond. The state is recommending a total of 15 years of probation for both counts. Sentencing for Lindstrom will be 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2.

Single dad faces 2nd-degree murder charges for leaving 1-year-old son in car (Scottsdale, Arizona)

I don't usually post stories about children left in hot cars. Most are accidents, caused by rushed parents who have had a sudden change in routine.

But this father DELIBERATELY left a 1-year old child in a car all day, then tries to throw in a lot of bogus excuses about not finding a babysitter.  Then he does suspicous things like not leaving the child food or water so there would be no mess in the car. Huh? Then he acts strangely and eratically when it comes to getting the baby medical help. He drives around looking for a hospital instead of calling 911--even when the kid is comotose?

Plus, what happened to the mother of this child? Notice that there is no mention of one, and it doesn't occur to anybody to ask why. How did this father, who frankly sounds like a flaky idiot, get custody? Who gave it to him? And what happened to Mom?

Dad is identified as BROKALE LYTTE MARQUES.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Child-left-in-car-dies-police-seek-murder-charge-against-father-225040112.html

Child left in car dies; father faces second-degree murder charge

by Jennifer Thomas Posted on September 24, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Updated yesterday at 9:14 AM

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A Phoenix man accused of leaving his 1-year-old son in a car while he went to work Saturday morning faces a second-degree murder charge following the boy's death.

Brokale Lytte Marques, 28, previously was booked on counts of child abuse, child neglect and endangerment. He is being held on a cash-only $500,000 bond. He is due in court for a status conference on Oct. 1 and a preliminary hearing on Oct. 3.

Marques told police that he was required to work one Saturday a month and he forgot that it was his required day. He was rushing and did not give his son breakfast, only giving him a half cup of water. He said he was unable to drive to the baby sitter's home in Glendale and was unable to locate a sitter using Craigslist.

He left Markale in the car with the engine running and the air conditioning on while he went to work near Scottsdale Road and the Greenway-Hayden Loop, according to police.

Marques told police that he did not leave his son with water or food because he would have spilled it all over and made a mess.

Between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., Marques went to a fast-food restaurant for lunch and said Markale seemed fine at that point. Police said he then returned to work.

Marques told police that he did not believe it was good for the car's engine to be left running for an extended period of time so he decided to turn it off, according to the court paperwork. Believing the car was cool enough for the child, he left the windows rolled up and the doors locked with his son secured in the car seat. He found Markale unconscious and sweaty when he went out to check on him at 2 p.m.

Marques drove around looking for a hospital. He told police he did not want to wait for medical personnel. He was unable to find one so he pulled into the Scottsdale Quarter and found a security officer who called 911.

The child was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. Police said life-sustaining measures were discontinued late Monday night.

Court documents say during the investigation, Marques talked about his custom car, tried to joke with officers and did not ask about the welfare of his child.

Based on their investigation, detectives said Marques was aware that he had to work on Saturday and had more than enough time to secure a baby sitter.

Marques' place of employment told detectives that he was made aware on Sept. 1 that he would have to work on Saturday.

Detectives said Markale's sitter was surprised that Marques did not bring Markale over that day because the sitter knew he had to work and was expecting the child. The sitter told police that Marques had dropped off Markale every Saturday except one for the past two months.

When asked why he didn't attempt to have the baby sitter, a relative or a friend pick up his son from his work, Marques said he felt the child was his responsibility to take care of and did not want to inconvenience anybody.

"A car is not a playpen," said Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. "On a hot day a car very well can wind up being an oven and ultimately a coffin for a small child."

After speaking with the baby sitter, detectives learned that in the past, Marques had left his son at the sitter's home without picking him up, failed to call and check on his welfare, and failed to provide enough food and diapers.

Dad charged with manlaughter in death of 4-year-old daughter during his custody/visitation time (Sebring, Florida)

A concern not raised here is why dad CHRISTOPHER KING, had custody/visitation rights at all. Notice that the mother had voiced concerns about the children's safety before, which the authorites (as usual) ignored. There was obviously evidence of child neglect and probable drug abuse, but the Florida's DCF looked the other way, because that's what they do with when they are committed to Joint Custody Uber Alles and Daddy's Rights No Matter What. And now a 4-year-old girl is dead.

Also notice that one child showed visible signs of being afraid of Dad, which points to more serious abuse.

So who gave this father his visitation/custodial rights? And just what were his rights? Did he have full custody? What? As usual, we are not told.

http://highlandstoday.com/hi/local-news/concerns-raised-about-father-before-daughter-died-in-car-20130728/

Concerns raised about father before daughter died in car

Jay Meisel | Highlands Today
Published: July 28, 2013

SEBRING - If evidence exists that a father was using drugs the night before the morning he's accused of leaving his daughter to eventually die in a hot vehicle, it can be used during his trial, attorneys agreed last week.

But any evidence of drug use before that won't be a part of the testimony, the attorneys agreed.

Records released last week by the State Attorney's Office also indicate that concerns were raised previously about Christopher King, 35, the father, before the child died in the car. However, it was indicated at a hearing that any contacts with state Department of Children and Family Services won't be a part of the trial because none of those situations contributed to the death of the child.

King was arrested in connection with the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Amelia King, and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect with a great harm after an autopsy showed that the daughter died of heat stroke.

Initially, King told authorities that his daughter and her 4-year-old brother were playing outside and that the brother accidentally locked his sister in the car. But records show that an acquaintance of King told authorities that he told him several stories about what happened.

The brother told authorities that they forgot Amelia was in the vehicle and that the father, who took a nap after getting home, didn't remember that until the brother awoke him from the nap, the report said.

Records say that Heather King, the mother of Amelia, who is divorced from Christopher King, told authorities that a month before Amelia died she went to King's home to pick up or visit her children and discovered that "the children were dirty and that Amelia had feces smeared on her butt," the report said.

The mother also told authorities that earlier in the year she had concerns about the children's safety because she believed King was using drugs, the report said.

She also said that several contacts with the Department of Children and Family Services about the children occurred, the report said.

One child, who was apparently not with King at the time of Amelia's death, "was afraid to be left alone with Christopher," the mother told authorities, the report said.

The mother told authorities that the child was being treated for mental abuse and post traumatic stress disorder, the report said.

Friends told authorities that Christopher King would go out and leave the children in the vehicle, but make sure the air conditioning was running.

The reports contained several references regarding drug use. One man told authorities that King has smoked methamphetamine, but when that happened was unclear. The same witness indicated that King and he got high together, but didn't specify the type of drug they used.

Another person told investigators that King had asked him to go in his house the day Amelia died and dispose of marijuana.

No date has been set for a trial.

Dad arrested on father's day for alleged child endangerment (Wichita, Kansas)

Despite all the kissy-poo rhetoric you hear around father's day, child abuse actually jumps that day. Probably because so many fathers are pressured into spending time with the kids, or have visitation.

UNNAMED DAD

http://www.ksn.com/2013/06/17/dad-arrested-on-fathers-day-for-alleged-child-endangerment/

Dad arrested on Father’s Day for alleged child endangerment

By KSN TV
Published: Monday, June 17, 2013, 12:37 pm

WICHITA, Kansas — A Wichita man was arrested on Father’s Day for an alleged case of child endangerment.

The 31-year-old man took three children into a fast food restaurant near Pawnee and West Street, but police say he left a 3-year-old boy in the car.

Police say two people noticed the little boy alone in the car and kept watching to see if someone would return for him. After 30 minutes, they reported it to authorities.

It was 5:40 Sunday evening and police say the heat index was 95 degrees. They say the temperature inside the car was even hotter.

“The problem is leaving a child in the vehicle, regardless of weather conditions, is not acceptable,” said Lt. Doug Nolte, Wichita Police Department.

Police arrested the father. The 3 year old and the three other children, ages 4, 5 and 6, were released to the care of other family members.

Police don’t know why the father left the youngest child in the car.

“Leaving a child unattended in a vehicle, whether you are running into a store or not, whether you’re leaving the vehicle on, is dangerous,” said Nolte.

Dad charged with murdering 2-year-old daughter during visitation (Guam)

Dad is identified as ANTHONY LIZAMA MORCILLA.

http://www.kuam.com/story/21876648/2013/04/04/father-held-on-100k-for-death-of-two-year-old-daughter

Father held on $100K for death of two-year-old daughter

Posted: Apr 04, 2013 2:52 AM EDT Updated: Apr 04, 2013 3:11 AM EDT

by Mindy Aguon

Guam - A Superior Court of Guam senior probation officer appeared on the other side of the courtroom today, charged with murder and negligent homicide for the death of his two-year-old daughter. 46-year-old Anthony Lizama Morcilla is being held behind bars on $100,000 cash bail on charges of murder, negligent homicide, leaving a child in a motor vehicle, and child abuse.

Based on the charges, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Morcilla told police that he picked up his daughter from her mother on Wednesday morning and intended to drop her to her daycare. Court documents state he dropped an older child to school and as he was driving around, the toddler fell asleep and around 8:30. Morcilla parked his red pickup truck at the courthouse in Hagatna and went to work, forgetting she was inside. It wasn't until seven hours later that he found his daughter's lifeless body inside. She sustained second-degree burns all over her body.

The report states the girl died sometime between 11am and 1pm that day.

Morcilla appeared via videoconference this afternoon in front of Magistrate Judge Alberto Tolentino, who expressed concerns about the murder charge, saying there was no evidence based on the declaration provided to the court that Morcilla showed an extreme indifference of human life. "Although the court finds probable cause for the 1st degree murder, it does express that there are some concerns of whether or not that was the appropriate charge, given the facts as they were laid out in the declaration," he announced. Judge Tolentino noting that manslaughter doesn't carry a mandatory minimum of 15 years with the possibility of life in prison.

Morcilla is represented by Attorney Curtis Van De Veld, who agreed to take on the case pro-bono and argued that his client should be released on his personal recognizance as he is a well respected member of the community, has no prior criminal history and is not a danger to the community. Van De Veld said, "The nature and seriousness that he would pose a risk to the community or to any individual thereof, there is just no such indication of facts. It's not the kind of crime where anyone has engaged in any kind of heinous behavior. He simply doesn't pose a risk."

Van De Veld added that the mother of the two-year-old, who was present with members of Morcilla's family in the courtroom, supported his release. "The mother is here and she does not oppose his release on personal recognizance. She supports that," the lawyer stated.

Assistant Attorney General David Rivera asked the court to hold Morcilla on $250,000 cash bail, saying the amount is consistent with the nature of the charges brought in these types of cases and noting it was at the lower end of the scale. "This is a terrible situation," he said, "a terrible event and a terrible result."

The court ended up reducing the bail amount after weighing all of the information. Van De Veld has asked that if his client cannot come up with the $100,000 cash bail, that he be released to court-approved third-party custodians and be placed on house arrest. It's a request that will be made during a bail hearing on Friday afternoon.

In the meantime, the tragic events of Wednesday have impacted the entire Probation Office. Court policy, planning and communications director Joshua Tenorio said, "It's a difficult situation. We are utilizing all our resources to identify counseling services and whatever assistance these employees need."

Dad to go on trial for killing mom, 1-year-old daughter; allegedly wanted to avoid child support (Upper Marlboro, Maryland)

Dad is identified as RICHMOND PHILLIPS.

http://www.wxow.com/story/20581342/prosecutor-dc-cop-left-child-to-die-in-hot-car#.UPRMIHzR5pM.facebook

Prosecutor: DC cop left child to die in hot car

Posted: Jan 14, 2013 10:32 AM CST
Updated: Jan 14, 2013 10:42 AM CST

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) - Prosecutors say a D.C. police officer involved in a paternity dispute with his mistress shot the woman dead and left their infant child to die in a hot car.

Prince George's County, Md., State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said during opening statements Monday that Richmond Phillips killed the two because he didn't want to pay child support. Phillips is being tried on two counts of first-degree murder along with child abuse and firearms charges.

Phillips was arrested in June 2011 after the body of 20-year-old Wynetta Wright was found in a park where the two had met. Their child, Jaylin, who was days shy of her first birthday, was found dead in her car seat with the doors closed and windows rolled up.

Defense lawyer Brian Denton told jurors his client is innocent and that the evidence is circumstantial.

Dad locks toddler son in scorching hot car while he boozes and takes cocaine in bar (Cicero, Illinois)

I don't typically post on the cases where a parent forgot to drop off the child at daycare, and the child subsequently died of hyperthermia in the hot car. But I will post on cases involving dads like GERARDO ORUZCO, who left his two kids strapped into their car seats while he was boozing and snorting cocaine with an identified woman whom I presume was not the mother of the children involved.

So where is Mom? Can't help but wonder if this is one of those visitation deals, where Daddy didn't want the care of the kids to cut into his social life. But wouldn't leave them with Mom either.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2169465/Father-locks-toddler-sons-scorching-hot-car-boozes-takes-cocaine-bar.html

Father locks toddler sons in scorching hot car while he boozes and takes cocaine in bar

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 17:43 EST, 5 July 2012 | UPDATED: 17:48 EST, 5 July 2012

Gerardo Oruzco, from Cicero, was arrested on Friday after a passer by spotted his two sons, aged three and one, in the sweltering vehicle, strapped into their car seats.

The car was parked outside a bar in the 1600 block of South Laramie, according to the Chicago Sun Times.

Mr Oruzco, 35, admitted he had been at the bar with a woman drinking and using cocaine while his sons baked in 80 degree heat.
The boys had no food or water in the car, which had all its windows rolled up, and were later treated for dehydration, the newspaper reported.

Mr Ouzco was charged with two counts of reckless conduct and endangering the life of a child.

He was held on bail of $250,000 by Judge Adam D. Bourgeois.

This is the third case in as many weeks where a father has left his kids locked in a scorching hot car, although the other cases were accidents.

Last week, Kentucky father Kenneth Robinson, 31, was arrested for leaving his two-year-old son in the back of his hot vehicle for two hours while he was at work.

He told police he forgot to drop his toddler, Brady, at day care. The little boy was rushed to hospital but survived.

Another Kentucky baby, Lincoln Lindsay, wasn't so lucky. Earlier last month, the eight-month-old died after his dad accidentally left him in the back of his vehicle for most of the day.

Since 1998, more than 500 children across the United States have died of heat stroke after being left alone in a vehicle, according to the organisation SafeKids.

The child was intentionally left alone in the car in 17 per cent of these cases.

Dad leaves 8-month-old son in car--while he buys drugs (Clearwater, Florida)

Dad SHAWN ZARTMAN was also wanted for domestic battery. Such a surprise....

http://www.wtxl.com/content/state/story/Speeding-car-ends-with-fathers-abuse-charge/61L0oS9ER0q5_oP-qJ0Syg.cspx

Speeding car ends with father's abuse charge
Last Update: 6/24 11:11 am

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - What started as a reckless vehicle call ended with the arrest of a Clearwater father who went to buy drugs - with his 8-month-old son in the back seat.

Jail records show 31-year-old Shawn Zartman was being held Saturday in the Pinellas County Jail on a child abuse charge.

Authorities say officers were originally dispatched Friday night to the reckless vehicle call. The female driver told officers she was rushing to a home where she believed her husband had gone with their toddler to buy or use drugs.

A police report says Zartman told responding officers he went to the home to buy drugs and left the boy locked in the car without air conditioning. The child was not injured.

Reports show Zartman was also wanted for domestic battery.

Dad charged with breaking arms of 20-day-old son (Moulton, Alabama)

This doesn't even make sense. Dad AARON LARON PARKER broke the arms of his newborn son while trying to wrap the baby in a blanket? Is he some sort of gorilla? I'm sorry, but his cover story is bullsh*&.

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110812/NEWS/110819953?Title=Father-faces-child-abuse-charge

Father faces child abuse charge
By Tom Smith
Senior Staff Writer

Published: Friday, August 12, 2011 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:14 p.m.

MOULTON - A Lawrence County man is in jail, accused of breaking both of his 20-day-old son’s arms while he was trying to wrap the baby in a blanket.

Aaron Laron Parker, 23, 1220 Lawrence 323, Hillsboro, is charged with torture and willful abuse of a child, Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Mitchell said Thursday.

Parker is accused of pinning down the baby’s arms while he was trying to wrap it in the blanket.

“I can’t understand how something like this happens and never will,” Mitchell said. “There is no excuse for it.”

The sheriff’s office was notified by the Lawrence County Department of Human Resources.

“DHR was informed by medical officials at Parkway Medical Center in Decatur of the fractures,” Mitchell said.

“Once we got the information, our special victims unit began the investigation and the investigators worked diligently on the case to determined what caused the injuries.”

According to investigators, Parker said he didn’t mean to hurt the child, but he became upset with the baby because he was crying and moving his arms and hands, and Parker was having trouble getting him wrapped in the blanket.

“So he forcefully pinned the arms down and held the child to wrap the baby up,” Mitchell said.

Reports indicate the incident occurred in March.

Investigators said medical personnel at the hospital discovered the factures while the child was being checked for hyperthermia.

Officials said during the last snow in early March, the family’s home, which is heated by wood, had gotten cold and the mother was concerned about the baby getting hyperthermia.

“When the baby was at the hospital, the doctors discovered there were factures to the child’s (arms),” Mitchell said.

He said medical personnel ruled out an unusual medical condition or accident.

“It was determined that abuse was the contributing factor to the injuries,” Mitchell said.

Investigators said Parker admitted to his involvement and said the incident occurred a couple of days before the baby was taken to the hospital.

Capt. Tim McWhorter said the child’s mother was apparently at home at the time but did not know of the injuries until the baby was taken to the hospital.

He said the child is doing fine and is under the custody of the Lawrence County DHR.

Parker is being held in the Lawrence County Jail on bail of $2,000.

Dad charged after son left in truck while dad watches tv at sports bar (Fort Myers, Florida)

Dad DONALD CHRISTIAN ROMBOUGH has been charged after leaving his crying 6-year-old son alone inside his truck while he went to a sports bar to watch a pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting Championship. Dad has also been nailed for pot possession.

This really sounds like a custody/visitation situation. Daddy had hoped to have Grandma babysit, but she was unable to? Where's Mom?

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/aug/09/man-child-neglect-son-hot-truck-sports-bar-/

Man charged with child neglect after deputies say he left son in hot truck while in sports bar
Posted August 9, 2010 at 3:20 p.m.

FORT MYERS — A man accused of leaving his young son in a truck late Saturday so he could watch an Ultimate Fighting Championship at a local sports bar was charged with child neglect.

Donald Christian Rombough, 26, of the 3700 block of Tropical Point Drive, St. James City, also was charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. He remained Monday in Lee County Jail pending posting of $9,500 in bonds.

According to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office report:

At 11:10 p.m. Saturday, deputies were called to Stevie Tomatoes Sports Bar, 11491 S. Cleveland Ave., by a security officer after two women heard the truck’s alarm and saw the boy, 6, crying hysterically inside.

The boy said his father was inside Hooters. The security officer went to the truck to try to find the boy’s parents’ information but found a cellular telephone and a marijuana pipe.

Medical personnel said he was sweating profusely and slightly dehydrated. Before the deputy’s arrival, the boy’s father came out, asked what happened and said he had to get back inside because he had food waiting.

The father came back out, told the deputy he planned to leave the boy with his grandmother, but couldn’t and had made plans to watch the championship match on pay-per-view. His son fell asleep en route to the sports bar, so he left the boy inside the truck with the windows partially down. The outside temperature was 83 degrees with 85 percent humidity. It was not known how long the boy was inside the car.

Dad leaves toddler in locked van while gambling at casino (Cochrane, Alberta, Canada)

UNNAMED DAD was just bedazzled by the spector of winning big, see. That's why he left his toddler child locked in a hot van. Besides, what kind of self-respecting father takes his children inside a casino?

Thank goodness this child was saved before it was too late.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://www.globaltvbc.com/Dehydrated+toddler+found+inside+parked+vehicle+near+Cochrane/3328512/story.html

Dehydrated toddler found inside parked vehicle near Cochrane
Global TV Calgary: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:18 AM

As temperatures continue to rise, police are making a timely reminder of the dangers of leaving children in parked vehicles.

On Saturday afternoon, Cochrane RCMP were called to the Stoney Nokoda Casino where security has found a small child locked inside a van.

The temperature outside was approximately 27 degrees Celsius.

Crews broke into the vehicle and discovered the toddler was dehydrated and covered in sweat. EMS treated the child on scene.

Charges are pending against the father of the child.