Posted on 08/01/2019 8:42:08 AM PDT by SMGFan
Prosecutors arent pursuing a criminal case against the dad who said he forgot he left his 1-year-old twins in a scorching car, where he found them dead after returning from work, according to a report.
Juan Rodriguez appeared in a Bronx courthouse, but the district attorney elected not to put the case before a grand jury at this time, according to WABC.
His next court date is Aug, 27.
Rodriguez was charged Saturday with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of criminally negligent homicide for the Friday deaths of tots Phoenix and Luna.
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So for some reason, he had to take the child to day care that particular morning. He went about his normal routine, getting coffee, etc., and drove to his office having completely forgotten about his child in the back seat.
Even crazier, the man actually drove to the day care after work to pick his child up without realizing he now had a dead child in his backseat.
I have no idea how this could have happened but the man had an absolute nervous breakdown. He didn't get any actual jail time (pled guilty to involuntary murder and got a suspended sentence).
But his life was totally destroyed and he ended up changing his name and moving to another part of the country. Not sure if his wife ended up staying with him.
Can't imagine having that on my conscience. Jail or not, I would never be the same.
Convict on what? If they couldn’t prove murder, then how about manslaughter? Abuse? Neglect?
There were a number of charges they could have brought against the perp.
The DA simply refused to do his/her job.
I give the poor fellow 3 months. I can't believe the vitriol on this thread. He obviously was just operating on automatic when he was driving and blanked. Just the other day I was given some anti-biotics and I opened the bottle while I was reading something online, and a few minutes later I was about to put the lid back on and suddenly I thought... did I take the pill? I sat and stared at my hands for a full minute, trying to recall... and I couldn't! I couldn't remember shaking out a pill and taking it, but my hands were ready to put the top back on. It finally occurred to me to dump them all out and count them, and I did, and either I took the pill or the pharmacist shorted me, but for the life of me I cannot remember. The mind is weird.
My grand daughter has two year old twins. She always puts her purse in the back seat after strapping them in. A woman never forgets her purse.
I think what can also happen is that he went on auto-pilot while driving and then got to work thinking he had dropped them off (maybe remembering previous days), when really he blanked and didn’t realize it.
“Accident”
Someone doesn’t accidentally leave his twin children in a hot car for 8 hours.
I personally find it hard to believe someone can forget they have their kids in the car, but there may be reasons people do. Not the first time we have heard of this tragedy occurring. If it was a tragic accident then he will suffer his entire remaining life. If not, he will meet judgement that he cannot escape from.
If I did anything stupid like that the rest of my Life would be a living hell.
I could never forgive myself and I assume most people would feel the same way.
I believe it would drive many people to Suicide.
I agree.
Bingo. Happens all the time. It seems like people overall care more.
I remember that guy and case. And there are others. So heart breaking.
Exactly! And I pray he finds solace and doesn’t end his life.
All of your examples are “A moment of carelessness”... not “eight hours of total negligence”.
Excuse us, but this was 8 HOURS of carelessness by a SOCIAL WORKER who could be called upon at work to make custody decisions about other people's children or parents.
Had he agreed to take money to the bank for an employer but left it in the car instead, whereupon it was stolen, do you think for one second there would be no intensive investigation and serious legal consequences?
He took two lives.
Little Richard put on a few pounds, eh?
Naaaa... he had a moment of carelessness... your assessment of the 8 hour window is just judgmental claptrap.
well initially he for got them because he was distracted. Maybe he does not think about his family when he’s at work. No pics on the desk, wifey did not call that day.
Look, idk, but i don’t think it was on purpose. If they do a phone / computer dump and see he’s been on “Life without Kids” websites, then that will certainly make me rethink this.
So what? He should still do jail time, or at least extensive community service. His wife, older children, parents and in-laws will also be punished for the rest of their lives. One of those twins could have grown up to find the cure for cancer, but they have been lost to society because he was an idiot.
I am pretty sure it would be possible, given the right amount of stress and an unexpected change in routine, that I could make a similar mistake. I respect the prosecutor’s decision.
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