Child in Car

[Stump]

We just had a case here a few days ago that is similar. The mother wanted to run into a convenience store to get milk at 0100. She left her sleeping 2 year old child in the car, left the car running and went into the store. About 2 minutes later, another customer said "Hey, isn't that your car?". Turns out that some guy got into her car (car running, keys left in it) and stole it. In the process, he also abducted the sleeping child. The mother called us in hysterics and it ended up being a multijurisdictional search. An AMBER alert was in the process of being issued, and the helicopter was being called out. The suspect, bless him, must have had a conscience because he called 911 to report a suspicious vehicle that he had parked right across the street from my department. The police arrived, and the child was found, still sleeping, safe and sound in the vehicle.
The mother was so distraught that the bosses chose not to charge her with a crime because they felt she learned her lesson and suffered enough.
Ok, she made many foolish mistakes - having her child out and about at 1 in the morning, leaving the car running, keys in it, leaving the child unattended - and the door unlocked!!!, and driving around the worst neighborhood on that side of the city. Well, I guess the bosses have their reasons.

[Whitewolf1970]

Hey, I heard that before on the Amber link in my website. And my friend, Dede, who sent me an email regarding the Amber Alert. Thanks goodness, the baby is okay. But that mama is stupid for that wee hour.

[LidaRose]

We just had a case here a few days ago that is similar. The mother wanted to run into a convenience store to get milk at 0100. She left her sleeping 2 year old child in the car, left the car running and went into the store. About 2 minutes later, another customer said "Hey, isn't that your car?". Turns out that some guy got into her car (car running, keys left in it) and stole it. In the process, he also abducted the sleeping child. The mother called us in hysterics and it ended up being a multijurisdictional search. An AMBER alert was in the process of being issued, and the helicopter was being called out. The suspect, bless him, must have had a conscience because he called 911 to report a suspicious vehicle that he had parked right across the street from my department. The police arrived, and the child was found, still sleeping, safe and sound in the vehicle.
The mother was so distraught that the bosses chose not to charge her with a crime because they felt she learned her lesson and suffered enough.
Ok, she made many foolish mistakes - having her child out and about at 1 in the morning, leaving the car running, keys in it, leaving the child unattended - and the door unlocked!!!, and driving around the worst neighborhood on that side of the city. Well, I guess the bosses have their reasons.

Reminds me of the time a mother left her kid sleeping in the car & went in the store to buy something or another. When she came back to the car, she noticed someone had slammed into her car & left the scene!!! Hit & run. The kid was still there sleeping, but think of what COULD have happened. Mom is a freaking moron...

LR

[Whitewolf1970]

Reminds me of the time a mother left her kid sleeping in the car & went in the store to buy something or another. When she came back to the car, she noticed someone had slammed into her car & left the scene!!! Hit & run. The kid was still there sleeping, but think of what COULD have happened. Mom is a freaking moron...

LR

OUCH! I wonder what the child would say in his/her sleep. ARGH! That stupid mother...ummm..mother...duh! She should be charged for that even if driver hit her vehicle and took off as a H&R. Well, that will teach her somethin' , eh? She's stuck about whether or not she should go to PD to file the H&R report and go to insurance, if she does, the driver will say, "Your honor, that lady left her child sleepin' in the vehicle." They all will look at her in frown manner. Duh to her!

[Seand442]

The way I see it, people should be sterilized at birth and must pass a series of tests in order to have children. This lady wouldn't have gotten past putting her name on the paper. I really feel bad for the 10 year old who mom is pinning this on. That poor kid is going to be screwed up for life because he didnt get his brother out of the car. WHY THE HELL WAS IT HIS JOB ANYWAYS? take the kids away and leave her in a car during the day in Phx in July and see what happens.

[Whitewolf1970]

take the kids away and leave her in a car during the day in Phx in July and see what happens.

Hey, yyyyyeeaaah, why not? And see if she'll screaming that she's in an inferno (hell). I'm sorry for all the 4 kids who will never have a decent life while growing up. It's pretty sad. But their mom gotta learn a HARD lesson because of their baby sibling.

[michiganstud]

Thats a clear cut charge for Child Neglect and Neglegent Homicide.....

I see a lot of parents prosecuted in my area for leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle on hot summer days with the windows rolled up. Capac (AKA Cow And Pigs And Chickens) had a 5 year old die 2 years ago when mommy left the kid in the car for 1 hour while in a restraunt having lunch. The kid died and she about got linched when the people saw the dead child in the car. One farmer (local guy) smashed out the window, pulled out the kid and tried to revive her but to no avail. The mob of people (obly about 10-15) went inside and found out who the woman was and said you killed your kid she is dead. The woman said no she aint, it aint that hot out. The mob started to put a whoopin on her when the police showed up and arrested her. The police refused to arrest the mob for beating on her (dont blame them) and the prosecutor refused to prosecute the mob for battery and puiblic nusince (don't blame them either). She told the judge of the beating and so did her lawyer and the judge told her I would have beaten you to. She was convicted and is serving 35 to life in prison for child neglect and neglegent homicide.

DON"T SCREW WITH MICHIGAN POLICE OFFICERS!!!!!!

[ryanhj]

That poor kid is going to be screwed up for life because he didnt get his brother out of the car. WHY THE HELL WAS IT HIS JOB ANYWAYS? take the kids away and leave her in a car during the day in Phx in July and see what happens.

I agree, the 10 year old will probably be traumatized so severely that it will never fully leave him. What this woman did was so irresponsible and stupid I cannot believe that any parent could ever do such a thing!

As a mother she failed miserably and she will have to live with this for the rest of her life. Above all her kids need to be taken away from here and she needs to experience the terror that her child experienced in that hot car. I am sure though she will walk away without a reduced charge or without any charges filed against her...I guess we will have to wait and hope that justice will be served.