15 mo. old Dies in Car. How Could a Parent Forget their Child in the Car?

That is rediculous. I did not hear about that and I'm just over the border in La Fayette GA. Some people are so stupid. Why not bring the child into work to give them to the other parent?

I live in Nashille TN and I did not here anything about this. I think that both are reponsible. The mother should have walked into work with the child and then handed the child to the father and this would have never happened. It would have only took her a extra minute to do that. They both need to go to jail fr the rest of there lives.

OMG thats devastating !!!! How horrible. Gee I think that it would have to be the mothers fault. How dare she leave a child in the car unattended. I wont leave mine in the car for a second by themselves. I dont care how long or short of time I will be.....I have thought about it and I dont know what the father is doing in jail, it should be the mother sitting there contemplating her parenting skills.

That is awful! I've heard about this before on some news program, it's usually when it's a parent that's not used to dropping their child off. They suggested keeping a teddy bear in the carseat when it's not in use and to move the bear to the passenger seat when a child is in the carseat, that way a parent can look to their side and see the bear and remember that they've got a child in the seat-I hope that makes sense!

this is just horrible! I can't imagine leaving a child in the car. How can you forget your baby in there! This just hurts so bad, it makes me sooo mad! I think both parents should be in jail for child neglect, endangerment and abuse! I think the mother is more at fault than the dad. HOW CAN YOU LEAVE A CHILD IN THE CAR???? I just will never understand that.

What the heck! I can't imagine how tha happened. I can't imagine why they would even have a routine like that in place. They are both responsible, the mother for leaving the baby and the father for not gettting him. I would say the father should be punished the more severely of the two, if he really did know he was supposed to get that child out of there. You would think he would realize he wasn' minding him and wonder where the baby was if their story is true!

Both parents should be in jail. I mean come on here. The mom should of taken the child into her job, then had the husband go there and pick the child up. The past few days here in TN. has been hotter than hell. It was only 130 degrees in the car, I must of misheard the news. I honestly thought they said it was hotter. I don't feel anything for these parents. I have never gotten out of my SUV and just have forgotten my kids. I feel for the people that were trying to get the baby out of the car, those people will live with this for the rest of there lives, knowing if only I came sooner.

this is absolutely crazy.both of them are responsible for this.how can they neglect a child like this?it is their own flesh and blood they have lost.i cant even understand how carless these people could have been.why couldnt the mother just take the baby with her?this is just an example of waste of life.i think both are responsible.why the hell did the kid's dad agree to this.?

They're both at fault. The mother should never have left her baby unattended, even if she thought dad would be along to collect it. Why didn't the father collect the baby? Where did he think it was, if he knew mum was at work? Honestly, how did these people manage to let 7 hours go by before realising anything was wrong? Surely the father should have realised that the mother wouldn't have the baby at work with her?

They are both responsible. Mom should never have left the child in the car unattended in the first place. It only takes a minute for something to happen and in this case it did. No child espeically of that age should be left in the car by themselves. Where was the moms head. Why didn't she just bring the child into work with her and let her husband come inside to get the child. It is not the husbands fault by himself. She has to take a big part of the blame for leaving the child in the car all alone. She couldn't be sure the dad was going to get the child and as it happened he did forget. It doesn't say also whether the mom reminded the dad. To me the biggest point is the child was left alone in the car. Mom should be held responsible also.

I definitely think its both the parents fault. Why would anyone leave a baby in a car?? Why would anyone leave anyone in a car period? People just don't think. If they work in the same building, why didn't the mom just take the baby to the father?? What on Earth would make her think to leave the child in the car?? I heard a similar story like this before, but it was awhile ago. A woman usually took her child to daycare and then stayed home with the baby. One day the husband was supposed to take the kids and so he dropped his child off at daycare and then drove to work. Well the baby had fallen asleep on his way to work then when he arrived, he just got out of the car and went inside the building. He was so preoccupied that he had forgotten she was there because she wasn't making a sound and usually he didn't have her. After a few hours someone noticed the infant in the back but by then it was too late. The temperatures were reaching a high of 100 degrees that day. I just don't get people!!

How on earth do you forget your child is the car. As a parent you should always know where your kids are. If I have not heard my kids for 5 min I go check on them. Wow what kind of parent forgets there kids. They are both at fault, just because the dad was supposed to get him the mother should have never left him in the car by himself.

That's terrible and so sad! I have heard about similar stories on the news out here as well, and I find them all so horrible. I think both parents are at fault, but maybe more so the mother because she left him in the first place. I think they are both responsible but the mother a little more so. I am paranoid about this happening to us, so when my husband/father/mother ect have my boys I always remind them a million times to get the kids out. They get annoyed and think I am paranoid and silly, but I say, you never know, and i'd rather be safe than sorry. I can't believe the mom isn't in jail, that is so odd.

hah.. that news is very common here in my country. .and i think parents just don't get their lessons.. i don't understand why this incident can keep repeating. .when the newspaper always publish such news? .. why don't they learn something from it? it happens that they just love to ignore. .maybe they think they're too clever for such thing.. and what happen in the end? crying and feeling regret after losing their child? oh please.. did you take notice when the newspaper actually publish such news? see.. sometimes.. humans are really funny.. they do mistake but they think the god treat them bad.. who knows.. they might have change the situation if they read the news earlier =)

This is devastating. I cannot imagine why the mother would have left the child unatended in the car in the first place. I do think that the mother should take more blame for this crime then the father. It seems as though it was her fault to have left the child. It is just a terrible act of child neglect. I feel so sad for the child. I have two children of my own and I could never imagine them dying in such a tragic way. It makes me so angry at the mother and so sad for that poor child.

I think that is horrible and I don't understand it at all., I think he should not have his kids since he forgets them so easily. I don't know if the mother is also to blame or not did she know the child was in the car???

What a very sad state of affairs. They are probably both trying to do their best for the family and juggling too many things - both having jobs and 4 children. They are both suffering already with having lost the child it will not solve anything by putting them both in jail so that the other 3 children lose both parents as well. I wondered at what age I could leave my son at home alone when taking my daughter to clubs. It is a dilemma. My mum left her first child outside a shop in his pram and walked all the way home without him. Luckily that was over 50 years ago so times were safer then. He turned out well in the end.

According to the news article "Police said Reid took his three other children, ages 6, 10 and 12, to school Tuesday morning and had intended to take Timothy to day care before driving to work." How could you not know that your one or 15 month year old child was in the car? If the car alarm kept going off, why did he not go out to the car?

Definatly both. If you are a few minutes late waiting for you husband to come out of work so you can go in I think it's worth the wait. Why would you risk your own child's health and losing them. I probably would have called to check on the kids sometime during work how can you forget something like that.

I can't believe any parent would forget a baby in the car. That is just stupid. If they couldn't take care of their children, why don't they just get a nanny, right? Or drop them off at a day care center, if they're that busy. I think the mom is at fault too. I'm not yet a mom, but I know how moms get worried. My mom always looks for me whenever I'm gone and she couldn't rest until she knows I'm safe and still breathing. If that child's mom really cared about her kid, she should've checked with her husband if he's gotten the baby out of the car already, or remind him to not forget to do it. It's weird, leaving a baby in a car! They treat him like he's some kind of luggage or something. It's just awful.