FL - Woman locks children in trunk of hot car while she goes shopping at Walmart - Sunrise, Sept 2025

[Clearsky]

Florida Mom Arrested After Kids Found 'Drenched in Sweat' in Trunk of Hot Car as She Was Shopping

Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly said she was buying household products at Walmart and got held up in line. She now faces three counts of child neglect

people.com

Ciera Washington, 29, is accused of leaving her three young children behind on Sept. 14 while she and a friend went shopping at a Walmart in Sunrise, a city located approximately 10 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.

 

[dalsglen]

From that article

Officers with the Sunrise Police Department arrived on the scene soon after and, after reviewing surveillance footage, alleged that Washington had been in the store for 39 minutes while her children were in the vehicle.

So just 39 minutes, yet,

The children were "drenched in sweat and hot" and the two youngest "had full diapers and feces on their legs," the complaint states.

Certainly don't get a full and leaking nappy after so short a time.

 

[tlcya]

I'm sorry, but what???????

They don't make enough questions marks for this one.

The people article states that Washington had left the keys with her oldest child. The local NBC Miami link below states she took the keys with her into the store. None of the articles state the ages of the children involved or the of the oldest. From the diapers loaded with feces on the two youngest we can assume they were young enough to still require diapering.

Like, who leaves children in their trunk?? Is this proof she knew leaving them unattended in a hot car at 3 in the afternoon was oh so wrong so she had them hiding in the trunk where they wouldn't be visible??

What the actual ---- is wrong with people?

Mom left 3 kids in hot car while grocery shopping at Sunrise Walmart: Police

 

[Gemmie]

What the actual ---- is wrong with people?

Mom left 3 kids in hot car while grocery shopping at Sunrise Walmart: Police

That's the question of the century!!! I've been wondering that for quite some time now.

 

[PayrollNerd]

Snip from the article.

"When he looked inside the back seat of the vehicle, he noticed two empty car seats, and a child's foot sticking out of the opening of the back seat that led to the trunk of the vehicle," the complaint states.

OMG! The other adult couldn’t sit with the little tykes while she shopped? WTH kinda stupid is that?!

Florida Mom Arrested After Kids Found 'Drenched in Sweat' in Trunk of Hot Car as She Was Shopping

Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly said she was buying household products at Walmart and got held up in line. She now faces three counts of child neglect

people.com

 

[tlcya]

Snip from the article.

"When he looked inside the back seat of the vehicle, he noticed two empty car seats, and a child's foot sticking out of the opening of the back seat that led to the trunk of the vehicle," the complaint states.

OMG! The other adult couldn’t sit with the little tykes while she shopped? WTH kinda stupid is that?!

Florida Mom Arrested After Kids Found 'Drenched in Sweat' in Trunk of Hot Car as She Was Shopping

Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly said she was buying household products at Walmart and got held up in line. She now faces three counts of child neglect

people.com

the deadly kind. She's lucky none of the children died. Easily could have led to a fatality

 

[Eli9]

Is that her mug shot? My caption would be 'welp, this is super inconvenient.'

 

[tlcya]

if the mugshot was an emoji. She looks annoyed, unamused.

 

[sunspun]

the deadly kind. She's lucky none of the children died. Easily could have led to a fatality

Exactly, and it sounds like she's done this before, so it was only a matter of time

 

[TMich6811]

Snip from the article.

"When he looked inside the back seat of the vehicle, he noticed two empty car seats, and a child's foot sticking out of the opening of the back seat that led to the trunk of the vehicle," the complaint states.

OMG! The other adult couldn’t sit with the little tykes while she shopped? WTH kinda stupid is that?!

Florida Mom Arrested After Kids Found 'Drenched in Sweat' in Trunk of Hot Car as She Was Shopping

Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly said she was buying household products at Walmart and got held up in line. She now faces three counts of child neglect

people.com

Thank God that foot was out