Aunt of baby who died in hot car says tragic accident is 'eating away' at infant's family
HURRICANE, Washington County Skyah Suwyn's bright blue eyes and sweet spirit lit up every room.
The 11-month-old girl, presumed to have died from heat exhaustion Friday afternoon after being left in a car, brought incredible joy to her family, her aunt said Saturday.
The baby's death was a terrible accident that has devastated her sister and her family, Aimee Wright said.
"It was an accident. If people who are being negative could even see how hard she is on herself. If they could see that she keeps saying, 'If only. If only. If only. I wouldn't have been out of my routine that day. If only I had gone to the gym.' She blames it all on herself," Wright said through tears.
Under normal circumstances, April Suwyn takes her sons to a babysitter while she works in the family home doing nails, Wright said. The baby usually sleeps while Suwyn attends to her clients.
On Friday, she dropped off her older sons with Skyah in the car, then returned to the family's home house. There was construction on the street so Suwyn had to parked up the street from their home. She needed to use the restroom so she hurried into the house after parking the car.
Ordinarily, she would then put the baby down for her nap.
"In her mind, she had laid Skyah down for a nap. That was her normal routine before she would start doing nails," Wright said.
Suwyn usually asked a neighbor to watch the baby while she drove a couple blocks to the babysitter's house.
On Friday, she got back in the car and drove to pick up the boys. After walking out of the babysitter's house to her vehicle, she discovered Skyah in the back seat.
Wright said her sister was devastated by the events. Her pain has been compounded by negative comments on the Internet.
"She doesn't need the negative. It's eating her away. It's eating the family away. She's a good mom and she made one simple mistake that she'd take back in a heartbeat," Wright said.
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