Toddler Dies After Hooters Mom Forgets Child in Hot Car

Fox News ^ | October 31, 2007

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PHOENIX — The mother of a 17-month-old boy found dead after he was left unattended inside a hot car for at least seven hours in a north Phoenix Hooters restaurant was arrested on one felony count of negligent homicide.

Police say the woman, Ashly Duchene, 22, left her son in her car when she arrived at the north Phoenix Hooters restaurant where she works at about 10 a.m. Tuesday. When she returned to the car after her shift at nearly 5 p.m., her son was dead.

Efforts to revive the boy by witnesses, officers and firefighters were unsuccessful. Police Sgt. Joel Tranter said temperatures hit nearly 90 degrees Tuesday, but that it would have been more than 100 degrees inside the car.

FOX 10 Phoenix reports the baby's mother had planned to drop the child off at childcare before heading to work at a restaurant near Bell Road and Interstate 17.

Instead, authorities say the mother went to work with the child still inside the car.

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The baby was in a car seat in the backseat of a Honda Civic, which had very dark tinted windows. Officials believe that made him unnoticable to people going in and out of the restaurant and a car wash next door, the Republic reported.

It's unknown if the mother will face any charges in the child's death. Tranter said situations like this are handled "on a case-by-case basis."

So far, there have been no arrests.

[A knight without armor]

I used to have a job going out at night after a rain and collecting giant nightcrawlers. You know....come to think of it....once I think one did have on a little sweater with the initials nmh stitched on it.

[pandoraou812]

hahaha Maybe nmh can bring the WBC & Hooters can give them all free wings.

[pandoraou812]

Sorry forgot to add you to post #162. ~Pandora~

[He Rides A White Horse]

I suppose it is possible that some diabolical person could do something like this on purpose and then claim it was an accident, but if they were going to go to all that trouble it seems that they would come up with a better scheme, one not likely to get them in trouble or make them look like a horrible person.

Ashly Duchene, 22, was booked after investigators learned she had said she wanted her freedom more than her son.

"We're not saying this was a deliberate act yesterday, but that does give insight to her mindset that caring for her child was not her top priority," Phoenix Police Sgt. Joel Tranter told KTAR.

Tranter said family members told detectives that Duchene had made statements that she did not want to care for the child and wanted her freedom.

"It's also my understanding that other family members, perhaps, had taken the child away from her for brief periods of time," Tranter said. "They had concerns."

I suppose it is possible that some diabolical person could do something like this on purpose and then claim it was an accident, but if they were going to go to all that trouble it seems that they would come up with a better scheme

Like Susan Smith rolling her kids into a lake, left to die?

Like Charles Stewart, who killed his wife, shot himself, and then tried to blame it on some black attacker.

There are plenty of diabolical people running arould, under the radar. Count on it.

[He Rides A White Horse]

nmh is female.

[BearArms]

Ooops, I guess I’ll have to look for a picture of Shirley Phelps Roper.

[pandoraou812]

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Shirley+Phelps+Roper&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[FastCoyote]

“Stupid people are dangerous.”

I had a work friend who married the stupidest woman on the planet. I think he felt sorry for her. She had a baby, ended up inadvertently scalding it to death in the bathtub. She certainly was that stupid, and yes that dangerous.

[Minn]

I know we do not always agree with what our fellow freepers write. But your solution seems just a tad extreme.

I mean the duplicate post. When somebody sits and hammers the post button, creating three identical posts, it would be very trivial to recognize the situation (two or three identical posts created within a minute or two) and strike the extras.

[BearArms]

[tioga]

Of all the callous idiotic posts..........have you no common sense?

[pandoraou812]

lmao umm should I say HAPPY HALLOWEEN??? I sent you a video link on her that I never saw before. Reminds me of someone too.

[wimpycat]

Now, now, it has nothing to do with where she works. White collar families leave their kids in hot cars, too.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Fred Phelps is a disgrace.

[He Rides A White Horse]

I could see Phelps and his followers mixing up some of Jim Jones Kool-Aid.

[mamelukesabre]

Thanks for the laugh.

you: “bright and resourseful”

If she’s so “resourseful”, why doesn’t she go for the really big bucks at the strip joint? Is she out tonight at the bars dressed up as a porn star? Maybe some day she can be an intern for a president of something...wink wink.

[dbwz]

She’ll make some swell friends working in HOOTERS as a SINGLE mother no less.

Never mind ... maybe this IS the BEST she can do.

You know, every time I read one of your posts, I can't help but think that you must go to bed every night thanking God for the opportunity to be able to spout your snide garbage without having to risk a resounding smack to the chops.

[slynx]

“Thanks for the laugh.”

“If she’s so “resourseful”, why doesn’t she go for the really big bucks at the strip joint? Is she out tonight at the bars dressed up as a porn star? Maybe some day she can be an intern for a president of something...wink wink.”

I am so glad that my family’s sorrow can somehow amuse you. You are welcome.

Actually, right now she is sitting next to her son’s isolette in the NICU and reading him a book.