Infant Death in Hays

Someone left their kid in a locked car today since 7:00 AM. Kid wasn't found until after 3:00 PM. I'm sure it'll be on the news. How insane....

Yep. Was on another call and couldnt believe what I was hearing on the radio. Makes you sick to your stomach.

No kiddin. When they said the kid was locked in since 7:00 AM it just hit right in the gut because the outcome was obvious.

Was this in Hays? I swear people like this should have their kids taken away from the forever! And then be fixed so that they cant have any more!

Yeah, in Hays.

Oh FFS! Wait.... are you saying the child died??

I don't understand how ANYONE can do that. Was it in the Glassman parking lot or Nates?

Not positive where they finally found it parked.

omg that makes me sick to my stomach!

Ratzilla wrote:

When they said the kid was locked in since 7:00 AM it just hit right in the gut because the outcome was obvious.

Ya. I heard that and knew the ending would be horrible.

I assume charges are being considered.

where did this happen at in Hays?

Justoo wrote:

I assume charges are being considered.

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Charges better be considered. Even 30 minutes is too much in this heat.

Just checked KSN, KAKE and KWCH online, nothing yet.

im bettin they are still working the scene, prolly wont be anything til 10pm

What time did this happen?

im gathering it was discovered around 3 pm.

This has made the local news so far. I just can't believe some bastard would do this and i hope they burn in hell. From the address I have heard its in that block where Adronics and Glassman are.

Reporter: KAKE News
Email Address: news@kake.com


Police in Hays, KS, are investigating the death of an infant child that was left inside a locked car. Assistant Police Chief Philip Hartsfield says the discovery was made Thursday afternoon in a parking lot near 13th and Cedar in Hays.

Hartsfield says it's believed the baby was accidentally left inside the car sometime before 8:00 a.m.. The call to 911 came in at about 3:20 p.m.

"We do not have anybody arrested," says Hartsfield. "And we do not believe anybody would be a flight risk. We believe this is strictly an accident and have no indication of foul play."

"This is a tragic incident for our city," Hartsfield went on to say. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to this family."

The investigation is continuing and Hartsfield says officers are working with the county attorney in the event that charges, if any, would be filed.

How do you accidentally lose track of an infant for over 7 hours?

You ALWAYS ALWAYS check your car when you have kids!

I dont understand how this happens but they have my sympathy.

I couldn't even imagine the thought of losing a child, let alone it be my fault!

I remember a few years back there was someone that did this on accident and they prosecuted the heck out of them. Then just a few months later, there was some big professor at a big college and he wasn't used to taking the baby to daycare and he forgot and left him in the car and they didn't do anything to him.

I suppose weird things can happen, but I just can't understand how the person this child was supposed to be with wouldn't miss them sooner.

thats what I was thinking ratz. Obviously the kid needed to go to daycare or something to be watched, why didn't that person question where the child was?

what is at 13tth and Cedar??

Glassman Corp/Adronics.

Ok don;t know Hace by streets only by locations of businesses

I can't imagine forgetting my child was in the car with me. I never, ever forgot that my kids were in the car. How does one forget that?

nobodysbusiness wrote:

thats what I was thinking ratz. Obviously the kid needed to go to daycare or something to be watched, why didn't that person question where the child was?

I agree!! Whenever I forget to tell my sitter we won't be there she always calls to check. BUT there are those that don't call and assume that they just stayed home. I couldn't even imagine the thought of when you show up to pick up your child and she/he isn't there....

nobodysbusiness wrote:

thats what I was thinking ratz. Obviously the kid needed to go to daycare or something to be watched, why didn't that person question where the child was?

If I'm expecting a child to be dropped off, and they're 30 minutes late (sometimes there are traffic issues), I call to see if everything is alright. I just don't buy the accident argument. How can a person be so distracted and busy that they forget their child is in the car?

I can't picture forgetting my cat in the vehicle, but I guess we'll have to wait and see how this happened. It's bizarre.

Thought of that justoo.

Why does the phrase 'responsible parenting' keep popping into my head.

not only that suz, but sometime during the day wouldnt it dawn on you? I think of my kids TONS all day long!

Do they not have "open lunch" breaks where they can leave the building?

nobodysbusiness wrote:

not only that suz, but sometime during the day wouldnt it dawn on you? I think of my kids TONS all day long!

Yes! I do the same thing, even though mine aren't babies anymore.

Not much surprises me, but this one just makes no sense. I've forgotten and left a six pack of beer in the vehicle overnight before, but I didn't have to feed my beer or change it's diaper.

I just drove by on 13th street and noticed the eyewitness news camera pointed toward the abandoned building located in the Adronics parking lot.

KWCH.com

By Angela Smith (HAYS, Kan.)

An infant dies in Hays after being left in a hot car for hours.

According to Hays Assistant Police Chief, Phil Heartsfield, emergency dispatchers received a call just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon that a child had been left a car near 13th & Cedar.

When the police and paramedics arrived on the scene, they found the child deceased. At that time, they determined the baby girl had been in the vehicle since 7 or 8 a.m.

The child's body has been turned over to the coroner's office for an autopsy and to determine an official cause of death. Heartsfield says the girl was between three and four months old.

It will be up to the Ellis County Attorney's Office as to whether or not charges will be filed.

As of right, police believe this to be an accident -- as an investigation is still underway.

They are waiting until all family members have been notified before the child's name will be released.

I feel this isn't an accident and I hope the responsible party gets the book thrown at them. I hpe they rot in hell!!!!

I had my niece in the car with me one day and i drove from countryside to wally world without her making a sound. She was three at the time. I was a mother of older kids at the time and didnt hear anything in the back and was used to the older kids getting out as they pleased for the most part. Well when I got to wally world i left her in the van. Thankfully my mom and sister pulled up right next to me right after I went into the store and stayed with her, but hey Im not the perfect mom. I never would have even thought for a moment this would have happened to me...........but it did. No harm cam to my niece, thank GOD he was watching over her!!!!!

SlumberGirl wrote:

there was some big professor at a big college and he wasn't used to taking the baby to daycare and he forgot and left him in the car

this scenario sounds eerily familiar to me.

jess, could you go 7 hours without remembering your niece was with you? I doubt that or your kids wouldn't have made it this far. And this was a 3 to 4 month old. I'd think mothering instincts would still be sharp and she'd be thinking of her pretty often.

I changed the topic so people would know there was a thread on this already.

Good idea. I shoulda thought of that when I decided on a title.

Several years ago there was a similar kind of thing that involved an employee in that area. (She was a friend of a friend.) She was on the slow side. She had to be at work before her sister could take care of the baby, so she would leave her baby in the car in the parking lot for something like 15-30 minutes after she had to be to work. It took a few days for someone to notice and she was turned into the authorities. I don't know what happened, but I heard she kept the kid... they must have made allowances for her not understanding what could happen.