The Most Bizarre Child Left in Hot Car Stories of the Summer

Every summer children are left in hot cars and these stories take up plenty of news time. Unfortunately, the cases occur more often than they should across the country. Some child left in hot car stories are ruled as accidents, while others are premeditated and downright cruel. Here is a list of some of the most bizarre “I forgot my child was in the car and its 95-degrees outside” stories of the summer.

[Image: Shutterstock]

A Georgia father was charged with murder and child-cruelty after he left his 2-year-old son in the hot car to die. Justin Ross Harris, 33, made matters worst when he repeatedly mentioned collecting the toddler’s life insurance policy just days after the baby’s death.

Monique Williams, a foster mother from central Florida was arrested after leaving her 15-month old foster son in a hot car. The 53 year old told police that she just ran into the Publix to buy milk. She was arrested for child abuse and faces having her license revoked.

A Maryland father claims he didn’t realize he left his two-year-old daughter in a locked car while shopping in Long Island. Melvin Marroquin was surprised when he returned to his car and saw police. Marroquin claimed that someone placed his daughter in the car other than himself. He was placed in jail on a $100,000 bail.

A Tennessee couple knowingly left their 15-month-old daughter in the car while they went shopping in the local Kroger supermarket. The mother, Brittany Zanetti, 25, and father, Matthew Brown, 28, were arrested in child abuse charges. They claimed they wouldn’t be in the supermarket for long.

A child was left in car at an Augusta, Georgia apartment complex over the weekend. The two-year-old was found and rescued by a couple passing by, Nick and Christine Ortalaza, who saw the toddler without parents. The doors were locked and the windows were rolled up. Nick was able to push the window down enough to unlock the door while his wife contacted police. No arrests have been made.

Here’s a more positive child in car scenario, I guess? A Texas mom accidentally locked her keys in the car while strapping her kids in their seat belts. She ran into the nearby store to ask for help after her insurance company told her it would be hours before anyone could come and unlock her door. A store customer came out with a hammer and the mother broke and climbed through her own car window to save her children … which is contrary to original eye-witness testimony which said the mother had left the kids in the car for hours while getting her hair done.