Hot Car Death

• 1-year-old U.S. child dies after being left in hot car overnight

  Police allege the girl's father, Joseph Boatman, had consumed "multiple" alcoholic beverages before leaving his daughter in the car overnight.

  U.S. News

  Jun 10
  
• Baby dies in hot car as parents attend 3-hour Florida church service: police

  The 11-month-old is the third child to die in a hot car in the U.S. over the past week.

  U.S. News

  May 31, 2023
  
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• Mayor of Bancroft, Ont. confirms identity of child who died in hot car last week

  Bancroft, Ont., mayor Paul Jenkins confirmed 23-month-old Everett Smith died Thursday after being left in the car outside of North Hastings High School where his mother taught.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2022
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• Student hopes to prevent children being left in hot cars with new car seat

  Calgary EMS said paramedics get calls for kids left in cars every summer. Although these incidents are rare, even one is too many and the outcome can be catastrophic.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2019
• Hot cars can reach deadly temperatures in just an hour: study

  A new study shows that on a hot day, it can take as little as one hour for a car to get hot enough to be deadly for a two-year-old child.

  Health

  May 24, 2018
• Toronto woman released on bail after death of boy found in hot car

  A 50-year-old woman charged with criminal negligence causing death after a three-year-old boy was left in a hot car in west-end Toronto has been released on bail.

  Crime

  Sep 22, 2017
• Texas woman charged in deaths of toddlers left in hot car as punishment

  The woman smoked some marijuana and took a nap after leaving her toddlers in the car, authorities said.

  Crime

  Jun 25, 2017
• Georgia father gets life for leaving 22-month-old son in hot SUV to die

  Jurors last month convicted Justin Ross Harris, 36, of malice murder and other charges in the June 2014 death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.

  Crime

  Dec 5, 2016
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• Georgia man found guilty of murder in toddler son’s hot-car death

  A jury on Monday found a Georgia man guilty of the murder of his toddler son, who died in June 2014 after being left in his car seat for seven hours on a sweltering day.

  World

  Nov 14, 2016
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• U.S. man sent teenage girl sexual text messages as son was dying in hot car

  A man in the southern U.S. shared sexual text messages with a teenage girl while his toddler son sat dying in the back seat of the father's sweltering SUV.

  World

  Oct 21, 2016