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Thanks for that link. He killed the baby on purpose. His babysitter said she expected to babysit that day. He had a sitter.
His story was that he was running late to work, and didn't even have time to feed the child, or drop him off at the babysitter's. Even that excuse doesn't hold water, though, as people have asked why he didn't call the sitter to come get the child. For that matter, he could have taken a cab with the child to drop him off on lunch break. He had options.
Thanks for that link. He killed the baby on purpose. His babysitter said she expected to babysit that day. He had a sitter.
He's a copycat of that other father who left his baby in the car while working. That guy pretended he forgot he had a baby in the car. I'm sure that news story gave him inspiration to do this.
Maybe not a copycat. The date on the article in the above link is Sep 2013.
The thing is, if you leave the motor running all day (or half the day, as he did), and the keys in the car, you're still endangering the child. Anyone could break a window and steal the car with the child in it. Or kidnap the child.
According to one of the reports posted earlier, the guy had a history of carelessness with the child, that indicated he didn't really care. Plus, his regular babysitter was waiting for the child, she was expecting him to drop the child off, per earlier agreement. So he lied to police about not knowing he'd be required to work that day.
I still want to know how he came to have custody of a kid he seemed to feel burdened with and didn't seem to want.
Exactly! Actually, too bad some idiot did not come along and steal the car, considering how this story ended up for the baby. The baby would probably still be alive. Maybe sneakily "dropped off" at a hospital, mall, etc., but alive.
If he's got custody, the mom must be a worse dirtbag than he is!
I am SO sick of hearing of people doing STUPID things like this. Leaving your children in the car to go to/do X, Y or Z. If you are that inept, then maybe you shouldn't be allowed to be a parent. I am sorry if this offends some but was/am a parent myself. When I got out of the car, my child got out of the car....PERIOD!! Whether it was in a car seat or walking. Wherever I went. One exception was fueling up and paying at the pump. Or I did not stop until I got to my destination. Poor kid was probably dehydated. Maybe we should lock the parent in the car for a couple of hours. Dumba**!!
This still happens constantly! Seems every other day I am hearing a new story ... even with all the "cautionary tales" out there because babies have died this summer! It's scary!
If he's got custody, the mom must be a worse dirtbag than he is!
Maybe due to her life circumstances, she wasn't able to keep and care for the child at all. But I can't help wondering if he hadn't kidnapped the child from the mom, out of anger/bitterness. A certain percentage of kidnapping cases are the result of rancor between exes.
I wish the media would follow up on details of stories, instead of just publishing a flash-in-the-pan incident, without going deeper, and moving on to the next hot thing.
Maybe due to her life circumstances, she wasn't able to keep and care for the child at all. But I can't help wondering if he hadn't kidnapped the child from the mom, out of anger/bitterness. A certain percentage of kidnapping cases are the result of rancor between exes.
I wish the media would follow up on details of stories, instead of just publishing a flash-in-the-pan incident, without going deeper, and moving on to the next hot thing.
Unfortunately, sometimes (depending on their agenda) many in the media actually do the opposite and go into waaaay more detail/information/analysis than they should.... much of which is irrelevant or flat out wrong. So I don't know which is worse, not enough info... or too much.
Am I the only person willing to admit his looks make me think this was no accident?
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The baby would probably still be alive. Maybe sneakily "dropped off" at a hospital, mall, etc., but alive.
