Forgetting your child in your car???

WTH!? So Mom never calls the daycare to check on her kid while at work? Never thinks about him while working and going over in head if she had everything that morning for him? I mean there are so many things wrong with this story it's not friggin real. I think the low life did it on purpose, sorry but as of this moment, yes that is my gut feeling. I see it's an ongoing investigation, so maybe they are just wanting to be sure, but IMO accident or not, it's still manslaughter. How friggin stupid could she be, she had a job and clearly knew how to drive a car so we are not speaking of someone with a huge IQ problem. UGGGG this just makes me so mad and sick.

I think that anybody no matter what should get charged if they leave their kid in the car. No matter what the circumstances are that shouldn't happen. I have never left my kids in the car ever! I would never even consider it. I don't know what is wrong with these people to think they can get away with it!!

I can't believe that she would forget her child, since that day should have been just like any other, starting with her dropping her kid off at daycare. It's really sad that the parent that is used to dropping the kid off, could forget. I know that it's easy to forget something, but it should have just been something she was used to by that point. My friend's husband left their baby out in the car for like five minutes one time when he picked her up from daycare. He wasn't used to being the one doing it, and he ran into a gas station without thinking about it. Someone saw the baby in there, and the cops were called. The people at the gas station wouldn't let him leave with the child until he talked to the cops. He didn't get in trouble, since the baby was fine, and he was on his way back out to go home when the cops were called. It's just sad that there wasn't someone that saw the baby in this story there in the carseat. If the cops had been called, the baby might still be alive.

I have seen cases similar to this where the parent (or a grandparent/friend/babysitter) who does not normally drop the child at daycare, forgets to do so and I can understand that a little more than I can understand a mother who regularly drops her child off, forgetting to do so, especially when she did not realize that she forgot to do it ALL DAY!!! I have forgotten things (never anything as important as a child), but they usually "come to me" within a short amount of time. I also wonder why the day care did not call to see where the child was. I know (hope) this mother is feeling awful, but I cannot help but be a bit suspicious that she actually forgot (and that the daycare actually did not call). I also wonder if that is why charges have not been filed, that they are investigating this as homicide and not just negligent manslaughter.

She needs to be hung! I feel bad for her loss; but that's just plain old neglect. How could you NOT notice the car seat is not empty? Was she not talking to the kid on the day to work/daycare? Did she not get out of the driver's door and notice the kid in the backseat? She needs to be charged with something.

I have an 18 month old son and I could never imagine forgeting him in a car. He has been locked in the car (locking the doors before opening his, but its never for more then a second) I've been see alot about this on the news and everytime I see it, it shocks me that anyone coud forget about there child. I think people should be charged if this happens. I could never forget about my son, hes was to loud and talkative. It just shocks and disturbs me.

my first reaction when i read the story is i feel very upset and angry at the mum... i feel sorry for the baby as well... i don't understand how can a mum forgotten about her baby??? i don't understand at all... obviously, she puts her work first as more important than her baby and that is the upsetting part...

OMG!! That is HORRIBLE! And yes I think she should be charged...where was her head?! Now I am terrified I would do an idiotic thing like that! Thanks! (just kidding) Regardless of it being an accident she still should be charged with something whether it be endangerment of a child or hell ANYTHING is better than nothing. I'd want to DIE if I did such a moronic thing. That poor little baby...RIP

How? How, how, how, and HOW do you forget to drop your kid off at daycare? The article says that she normally takes the child to a nearby daycare center. If she were not the usual person who drops the child off, I may understand it a little better. Like when my kid was a baby, my husband picked her up at daycare, put the carrier down in the parking lot to open the door and put the diaper bag in the car, and then he got in and drove away, leaving the car carrier in the parking lot. He realized it a block down the road and sped back; thank God nothing happened and we can laugh about it today. But I don't know how a mother can strap her baby in a car seat, and just forget to take the baby to daycare, when it is something she is used to doing. I just think something is not right.

Jail time would be good- I can’t believe any mother would forget their child in the car- I just can’t! Not unless they were high or drunk- I think this woman should be charged with murder- I’m sorry for the family of this innocent baby- and for the family of the mom- to have to deal with this- I think she should spend a long long time in jail.

I would never sit here and claim to be a perfect mom. I know my daughter is 21 months and I've made mistakes and I'm sure I have plenty more mistakes to come. But I could never ever imagine leaving her in the car and forgetting about her. That is just something that as a parent is a natural instinct to me to look in the back seat everytime I get out of the car. I even catch myself checking the backseat even when my daughter isn't with my just out of habit. Some people may say that the mother is already greiving enough over the loss of her child. She should be greiving and she should feel bad. She killed her child and nothing can ever change that. Accident or not she should at least be charged with neglect. If the child were still alive I'm sure she would be punished in some way for neglect.

Well I'm not sure what to think about this. How can you forget something you do everyday? Did she not look in her mirror as she was driving down the road? Perhaps to check on the child or the traffic behind her, or does she wear blinders. And when she got out of the car at work how could she not see this baby in the carseat? This just does not add up. Perhaps she could have forgotten, but it could have been planned as well. In all my life I've never forgotten my kids or grandkids in a car. I just don't see how it is possible.

You know I agree I beleive she should have been charged with something. Neglegence, neglect, manslaughter. I mean she accidently forgot her child in the car and because of her neglegence she killed her child. How is that any different than anything else. leaving a child at home by thereself that is neglect the child was left in the car alone how is that not neglect. you know i dont think its any different then all the other cases you hear about where someone was accidently killed one way or another wrather they were accidently shot or accidently drowned or whatever the fact of the matter is this child dyed because of its mother. That is no different than all the other accidents where people were sentenced to do some time in prison. If something like that were to happen to me I couldn't live with myself. I cant imagine life without my children every moment of every day they are what i think about. And I agree with everyone there is something in your head saying you forgot something over and over until you remember what it is you forgot. I dont know anyone who doesn't do that. If i forgot something it drives me crazy till I remember what it is I forgot.

It's easy to imagine someone in a hurry, with a lot of her mind, driving past the daycare and actually getting to work but it's hard to imagine that she managed to go through the whole day without once thinking about it and realizing she hadn't dropped the child off at day care. That said, I know what hassles mornings are for mothers who work, because I am one of them. I pick up a co-worker, drop two kids off at two different places that are across town from each other and have to really book it to get to work on time because work makes no allowance for the fact that you can't drop your kid off at an empty school, you have to wait until the teachers are there to attend to students. Many is the morning I would find myself taking second and third looks at the back seat, making sure I had dropped off the two children, even asking my passenger "I dropped the boy at school, right?" and feeling better for the reassurance. But generally, once children get to toddler age, it's hard to not notice they are there. They become the back seat chatterboxes. Still, look what we have done in the name of safety. We have moved children to the back seat to keep them from injury in car crashes. We turn the car seat around to face the rear for very young babies. We make them less visible, and at that age, they may not make themselves known. I agree that the day care should have called to see why the child was not dropped off. But ultimately, it is the mother's responsibility, it isn't as if someone else drops the child off every day. Yes, she committed a sin of neglect, she forgot the most important thing in her life. Should she face criminal charges? Should she be in jail? An accident is by definition an event no one intends. There was no intentional act here, so it was an accident. Unfortunately, it isn't one that can be made right, ever.

I have trouble believing the mother forgot to drop him off to day care. All mothers think of their children during the day and surely if she so happened to forget to drop him off she would have realised through the day. I think she should have been charged. I just can't see how you would not notice your child in the car when you got out of the car anyway. I agree it was neglect.

I am sorry, I just cannot see myself ever so busy or whatever to forget my child in the car! I always called the daycare two or three times a day to check on my son, too! I can understand that sometimes life is hectic, and your job has demands on you, but, please, forgetting your child! Even if it was an accident, and I would have a hard time calling it an accident, more like murder, I still feel that anyone doing this type of stupid crap does get charged! It is just beyond me to think you can forget about your brand new baby, all day long! I am sure she feels awful, but I just can't accept the fact she forgot the baby.