Police speculate the father went to work in the morning for three hours and forgot to drop his son off at daycare during an ongoing heatwave. Temperatures in Chesterfield reached a high of 80F on Tuesday, according to The Weather Channel.
Preliminary investigation shows the father died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after finding his son lifeless in the car. The Chesterfield Police have not released the name of the father and son, officers told DailyMail.com
He was found in the woods behind his home around noon after police received a tip of where he might be located.
The child’s family alerted police on Tuesday morning that the boy had not shown up to daycare. Officers responded to the home located at the 14100 block of Aldengate Road after the family received suicidal statements from the boy’s father.
‘Upon their arrival, they located the people in the driveway with an open door with an empty child seat in the vehicle,’ Hensley said. ‘As they made entry into the residence, they found a deceased 18-month-old.’
The father was found shortly after, where the family said he would be.
Our hearts go out to the family and friends that are going to deal with this, but we would be remiss in not taking the opportunity for people to take this moment and realize how important it is to obviously check your vehicles,’ Hensley continued.
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Seven children, including the 18-month-old, have died in the United States after being left in a hot car, according to No Heat Stroke.
He’s also the second to die this week: Kendrick Engram Jr, three, died on Sunday after his grandmother forgot about him in the back seat of a car after running errands in Georgia.
Engram was discovered by his uncle after he took the car to a fast-food joint. The boy was in the third-row sear of a Nissan SUV.
He died of asphyxiation after temperatures reached a high of 96F and a low of 90F, the National Weather Service reported in its forecast.
Last week, Trace Means, five, died in a car after being left in 100F heat in Houston, Texas for two to three hours on June 20.
Investigators believe his mom, Amanda Means, forgot to unbuckle him after running inside their $1.4 million home to throw a birthday party for his eight-year-old sister.
Amanda has not been charged with her son’s death, but the investigation is ongoing.
Heatstroke deaths for 2022 started on May 3 with the death of an 8-month-old girl in Snellville, Georgia. Ever since more deaths from boys and girls aged 3-months to five years have been accumulating.
Daily Mail
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