A six month old baby from Texas died from heatstroke after her father left her inside the car for hours. According to statistics, the infant is the 16th child to die after being left inside the car for 2016 alone.
A 33 year old father, Michael Thedford dropped his older children in the daycare with their youngest sibling, a six month old baby girl. Upon arriving at home, Thedford parked the car, forgetting to take the baby with him. According to New York Daily News, the baby was left inside the car under the Texas heat where it was 96 degrees.
Around 1:30 in the afternoon, the police were called to go to Thedford's home as they have found the baby unconscious. It was noted that the baby was still inside the car when the deputies arrived in the Thedford's residence.
One of their neighbors, Fabiola Contreras was surprised as to how someone could possibly leave an infant inside the car with the extreme heat. She told the reporters he disbelief as to how could he leave the baby in the car.
"Forgetting a child? His child?" Contreras said. "It's hard to believe because how can you forget a child in your own car? It's your child. It's really hot especially if you're in a car, its way hotter."
Contreras also told the reporter that Michael Thedford wrote a children's book weeks before his daughter's death. He is also a substitute teacher with close family ties. It was then noted that the family lovingly celebrated father's day just a week before. The neighborhood was caught in disbelief as Michael is now behind bars for man slaughter.
Dad, Michael Thedford, arrested for baby dying in hot car recently wrote a children's book. More on @FOX4 at 9. pic.twitter.com/GokaWBzcYy
— Allison Harris (@allisonfox4news) June 22, 2016
In a data released by the Department of Meteorology & Climate Science, it was revealed that 16 children have already died of heatstroke as of June 2016. As for 2015 on the other hand, 2015 a total of 24 children have died.
