37 8/29/2019 Lexington, KY 84 Valen Hakizimana 2 mo
36 8/29/2019 Pineville, NC 85 Boy 1 yr
35 8/25/2019 Brownsburg, IN 80 Marah Anne Crapo 21 mo
37. "Lexington police continue to investigate the death of the newborn boy, Valen Hakizimana found dead Thursday night after being left in a hot car for several hours.
The Fayette County Coroner’s Office identified the 2-month-old boy found dead after a family member unintentionally left the child in a car for several hours Thursday. The high temperature in Lexington on Thursday was 84 degrees.
Police arrived to the home on the 1800 block of Barksdale Drive, which is in the Winburn area off Russell Cave Road, around 7:30 p.m. Thursday after learning the newborn had died.
The coroner confirmed the cause of death was hyperthermia, that is exposure to high temperatures.
“This is one of those things that as a department we hate to investigate,” Sgt. Donnell Gordon said.
“We have to do our job, and for anyone involved — the detectives, officers on scene, firemen, emergency care guys — it’s one of those cases that stick with you for your entire career.”
Officials have not stated if there will be a criminal investigation at this point.
Police did not indicate which family member was caring for Valen at that time.
According to Kentucky law, a person may be charged with second-degree manslaughter if he or she wantonly causes the death of a child younger than 8 by leaving the child in a vehicle. Second-degree manslaughter is a Class C felony.
Valen is the second child to die in a hot car this year in Kentucky and the 38th to die nationally this year, according to KidsAndCars.org. Kentucky has had 27 child hot car deaths since 1993, which is the tenth-most in the country." -
http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/ken...-in-a-hot-car/
36. "A 1-year-old boy died Thursday after being left in a hot car parked at a North Carolina shopping center, police told local media outlets.
The boy's mother works at the center in Pineville, police told WSOC-TV, and realized he was in the car as she finished her shift.
This is the 37th case of a child dying of heat exhaustion in ovenlike cars nationally this year, according to KidsAndCars.org, which tracks vehicular heatstroke deaths. The case brings the toll to one short of the annual average.
Police found the boy in his car seat around 5 p.m., WCCB-TV reported, after receiving a 911 call. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. It is unclear how long the baby was inside the car, police said, and the mother is cooperating in the ongoing investigation. " -
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...le/2158491001/
35. "BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of an Indiana toddler who died after she was mistakenly left in the car after her family returned home from church.
WRTV-TV reports that the Hendricks County coroner identified the 21-month-old girl as Marah Anne Crapo.
The county sheriff’s office says she died Sunday near Brownsburg, northwest of Indianapolis. Her parents and four siblings took naps after church. Family members mistakenly believed someone had removed the girl from her car seat and brought her into the house.
Efforts to revive the girl after two hours were unsuccessful.
The sheriff’s office says a criminal case from the “tragic loss” is unlikely." -
https://wgem.com/2019/08/27/coroner-...g-left-in-car/