IHAVENOCLUE
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thank you for this (sad) information...Same here, but I'm not so sure that a sleeping Cooper would have suffered less. When I did my research I learned a lot about how heat stroke/hyperthermia progresses and towards the terminal stage the victim begins deep gasping enough to cause intrathoracic petechiae (tiny hemorrhages in the chest cavity) as the heart struggles to pump blood and oxygen through the body.
Unless Cooper was deeply sedated it's likely the lack of air would have aroused him. As time went on he probably became comatose but since the average length of time for death by hyperthermia to occur is about 4.6 hours, well...
Here's more info if you have a strong stomach:
http://www.jems.com/article/patient-care/how-treat-vehicular-hyperthermia-childre
This is a long and agonizing way to die.
So would someone please tell me again how a concerned and fearful parent would research this manner of death and then go on to expose their baby to those exact circumstances by accident because they were distracted....
This case makes me sick. :furious::stormingmad:
ETA: By sleeping I meant from a dose of Benedryl. IMO it would have to be something stronger like a prescription drug.
I imagine the prosecution will use similar slides/photos/information in the trial to let the jurors understand just how agonizing this type of death is...
JMO