Baby Dies In Car After Grandmom Forgets To Drop Off Child At Daycare

LUTHER, OK — An infant left in the backseat of a car in Oklahoma has died after authorities say the infant's grandmother forgot to drop the child off at daycare.

The Oklahoma County Sheriff's office said the 4-month-old girl's grandmother, who has custody of the infant, meant to drop the child off at daycare on her way to work but she forgot. When the grandmother returned to the daycare in the evening, she realized that the infant had been left in her car all day, the sheriff's office said.

When police arrived on scene just after 5:30 p.m. on Friday, they found the girl, who had been deceased for several hours.

The name of the infant has not been released.

Investigators will submit their findings to the District Attorney's office.

The website "No Heat Stroke," which record the number of hot car deaths has observed that so far in 2017, 30 children left in hot cars have died. The website also notes that caregivers forgetting children in cars is the top reason for such deaths, based on an analysis of media reports.

In a high-profile case in Connecticut, Kyle Seitz's wife asked the judge for leniency in her husband's sentencing after the father was charged in their son's hot car death. Seitz had left his 15-month-old in the backseat of his car after he forgot to drop him off at daycare.

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