Bells
Staff member
We've all done it at one time or other. Keys, wallet, handbag, mail and countless of other things. Misplacing things is just a fact of life. But this?
How can you forget a child in a car? And for 17 hours? Here is what a family spokesman had to say of the matter after fellow members of the Mormon Church arrived for a show of support for the family and to hold a vigil for their loss (no pun intended):
Maybe someone should remind Mr Gonzalez that leaving a child in a car for 17 hours is not a "slight oversight".
A toddler who was found dead inside a car Monday had been left in the vehicle for 17 hours, police said.
Officers got the call at around 8:30 a.m. Monday after one of the child's older siblings discovered his unresponsive body in the vehicle, police said.
Once at the home in the 4900 block of East Cleveland Avenue, officers determined that Jason Rimer, 4, was dead in his parent's SUV.
Jason was left in the car after a family outing, detectives said. Family members said that they forgot Jason was in the car.
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How can you forget a child in a car? And for 17 hours? Here is what a family spokesman had to say of the matter after fellow members of the Mormon Church arrived for a show of support for the family and to hold a vigil for their loss (no pun intended):
Forgot he was in the car for a few minutes after getting home late after a family outing. Maybe. After all, with all those children (8 children) running around, it might just be possible. But they did not get home that late. After all, the child was found at 8:30 am the following day. And he had been left there for 17 hours. 17 hours! No one in said large family did not notice that he was not there at dinner time? No one noticed he was not in his bed at night? No one in that large family noticed that he was not there at all? The parents didn't notice that he, their youngest child, was in fact missing during that time? It would seem they did not notice. And unless they put their children to bed for the night from the middle of the afternoon, that excuse just does not wash.Gonzalez said Jason's older brother found him at about 8:30 a.m. Monday in the back area of their Chevrolet Suburban SUV.
“I do know he had been in there for some time and discovered this morning. With the hustle and bustle of any large family of seven is running, I can just imagine. Any parent can understand, you can have a slight oversight,” Gonzalez said.
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Maybe someone should remind Mr Gonzalez that leaving a child in a car for 17 hours is not a "slight oversight".