Toddler's Hot Car Death

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<p>So we shouldn’t mention he went to Alabama? :)</p>

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<p>Mom is a registered dietician who worked from home. Why was the child in daycare anyway?</p>

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<p>I don’t have an issue with someone who works at home having their kid in daycare. No way could you get anything done with an active toddler running around.</p>

<p>I do feel more and more disgusted with the facts of the case. Really? You got into a hot car in June in Georgia that was sealed up all day and didn’t notice ANY unusual odors?? I’m guessing this guy’s lawyer won’t allow him to testify but if he did it would be pretty easy to demonstrate all the contradictions in his story.</p>

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<p>Interesting interview with one of the first reporters on the scene:
<a href=“http://www.myajc.com/videos/news/myajc-exclusive-ajc-reporter-discusses-covering/vCg8rN/”>http://www.myajc.com/videos/news/myajc-exclusive-ajc-reporter-discusses-covering/vCg8rN/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>These people sound horrific. But there’s nothing odd about having a baby in daycare when you work from home. I surely couldn’t have done much paid work with my kids around at that age. </p>

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<p>There are of course reasons to use daycare. But they were reportedly having financial problems. Not sure what the cost of the company daycare is. Imagine it was an employee benefit and was probably subsidized. Not sure, though, if it was free. Just thoughts…</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.ajc.com/news/business/home-depot-chips-in-for-child-elder-care/nQt26/”>http://www.ajc.com/news/business/home-depot-chips-in-for-child-elder-care/nQt26/&lt;/a&gt; The childcare was built in 2011- not free but “competitively priced”. ’

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<p>The fact that the child attended day care seems like a non-issue to me. </p>

<p>There are so many other things that are suspect, particularly when added up in sum. The searching on the internet for deaths in hot cars and for life in prison. The large life insurance policy. Contacting relatives already on how to collect on that policy. Forgetting to drop kid at daycare only minutes after taking him out to breakfast. Backing in or out of parking spaces and not seeing (or hearing?) kid in back seat (I doubt his carseat was rear facing at his age). Day care contacting father during the day by email would be an alert. Reported smell in car when officer was there soon after. Reporting what dead child looked like to wife which is in contrast to what officer stated. Upon first questioning, never mentioning he had gone out to lunch that day, but it came up on surveillance video. Marital and financial problems. </p>

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<p>He apparently was going to the movies with some friends that night. The route he took from work, and where he pulled over, was towards one nearby movie theater, not towards his residence.</p>

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<p>soozie: Yes. And while not related, the sexting–particularly with MINORS–speaks to some major flaws in character and morality, in my opinion.</p>

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<p>His attorney is trying hard… Mentioned that the side of the car that the carseat was on was the side of the dad’s deaf ear. I am guessing he heard fine out of the other ear.</p>

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<p>Right. And apparently the kid was dead by noon, so he wouldn’t have heard anything in the afternoon when he left work.</p>

<p>He does have a working nose, though, correct? Seriously–I can smell a wet or soiled diaper a mile away. I would certainly be able to smell that (and worse) in a hot car.</p>

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<p>As I posted above, the smell was apparently still horrid an hour after the police came. Ugh.</p>

<p>And even if he didn’t hear anything at noon, he should have when he parked his car in the morning after the trip to Chick-fil-a.</p>

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<p>Oh, and before anyone grills me on how I know where he lives, its on the arrest warrant. Even though its XXXed out, its not that hard to see, and am familiar with the area so was able to read it.</p>

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<p>So many things lead one to believe this was certainly no accident. But to me the most telling thing is the mother’s dry eyes. Seems like Cooper’s death was no surprise to her. Where are the tears for this child?
Then at the funeral she says that if she had the chance to she would NOT bring Cooper back to this terrible world. Who says that at a child’s funeral? Something is very wrong here. </p>

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<p>Agreed, Harvestmoon . Wife was picking up the child from the daycare center by the husbands work, rather than him picking up his son (he had the movie plans…) and when she gets there and they tell her the child isn’t there, her immediate response is " he left him in the car"</p>

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<p><a href=“Video Georgia Hot Car Toddler Death: Father in Court - ABC News”>http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/georgia-hot-car-toddler-death-father-court-24419836&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Video of preliminary hearing if you are interested</p>

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<p>I still can’t wrap my mind around the idea that this was a long-term pre-planned thing by both parents. It simply defies my imagination…</p>

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<p>But, don’t you think all murders of one’s own children defy the imagination? To most people, it is unthinkable! </p>

<p>If they wanted to murder their tot, perhaps they thought this was a way to get away with it, since people can leave kids in cars by accident and so it could appear accidental, compared to say, shooting their kid. It would not be messy (for the parents) and might be believable. But if it indeed was intentional, they made a lot of mistakes to cover their tracks (though did pull off the alleged murder).</p>