IN - 2-year old girl dies after being left in closet overnight with heater turned on - December 9, 2024

[Clearsky]

Parents Accused of Leaving Toddler in Closet Overnight with Space Heater On. She Was Found Dead the Next Day

The 2-year-old girl's body temperature was found to be as high as 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit, according to police.

people.com

The parents, 21-year-old Sintia Perez and 23-year-old Jace Hirschy, have been each charged with a felony for neglect of a child resulting in death and two more felony charges for neglect of a dependent, according to WANE.

 

[Winter67]

Not only that but put to bed at 7pm and not checked until 3pm the next day. These stories kill me a little each time. Precious baby could have been so different if they just gave her away.

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

from the People Mag link:

Perez, the girl’s mother, allegedly told police they placed the toddler in her crib around 7 p.m. the night before with a space heater turned as high as it could be set and did not check on her until about 3 p.m. the next day, WPTA reported, citing the affidavit.

ummm, to bed at 7, no one checked on her until 3pm.

 

[tlcya]

Berne parents facing neglect charges in connection to 2-year-old girl’s November overheating death

https://www.wane.com/top-stories/two-year-old-found-dead-in-109-degree-room-parents-charged/

 

[INfisherman]

<sigh>

These sort of infant/toddler deaths seem to be getting more & more common. Young parents tired of dealing with the "burden" of having a child or unable to tolerate a crying baby. Living in utter squalor. Obviously not thinking any further than taking off their clothes prior to conception. Who doesn’t check on a child for TWENTY HOURS, let alone forces them to sleep in a freaking closet??? This goes beyond neglect, IMO.

ETA autocorrect behind/beyond

 

[ChatteringBirds]

It sounds like they were about 16 and 18-years-old when they had their first child. Seems they never grew up. They never learned the basics of how to take care of themselves (or their parents tried to teach them, but they didn't care to learn?) nor their children.

I don't know if they honestly meant well with the space heater, thinking it would keep their daughter warm on a cold night. But then they deprived her of breakfast, lunch, something to drink, and any attention at all until 3:00 pm-- what is wrong with them? The kids' lives must have been awful.

 

[tlcya]

That poor baby girl was cooked from the inside out.

Hyperthermia causes:
Heavy sweating.
Painful muscle cramps.
Extreme weakness and/or fatigue.
Nausea and/or vomiting.
Dizziness and/or headache.
Body temperature normal or slightly high.
Fainting.
Pulse fast and weak.

The elderly and very young are considered particularly vulnerable in the heat. But Mora of the University of Hawaii at Manoa notes heat stress can hit anyone.
[snip]
Mora says those kinds of conditions could kill within a few hours — even if you are young and healthy.

"The military has done a lot of research into heat exposure and they find the first symptoms of heat exhaustion, heatstroke after only a few hours, even among the healthiest of people," Mora says.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...ora says those kinds of,of people," Mora says.

 

[mrsselig]

Absolutely disgusting two monsters! How could you NOT wake your child for breakfast and changing??? Also it’s not normal for a child to “sleep” that long???? That poor little baby