Posted on 08/01/2019 8:42:08 AM PDT by SMGFan
Prosecutors aren’t 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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He got away with murder.
Legalized infanticide.
My bet is they didn’t investigate too hard. Didn’t check his computer/s, phones, texts, emails.
So much for actions having consequences.
Guy kills 2 babies and walks because he “forgot” he had them in the car?
I guess since “there was no intent” all is good.
This is so sad, those poor little babies.
Please share with us your evidence.
You simply don’t forget you have TWINS in a car. Sorry, I don’t see how it’s possible without intent.
I just don’t understand it.
What accident?
Who here could forget they had two of their kids in the back seat of their car for EIGHT hours??
One person says yes, then we’ll talk.
He got rid of twins who were too much of a burden.
These accidents happen and they are horrific. The guy made a mistake. I know a man who was tending to his 3 YO on a dock at a private lake. He turned around for a moment and the toddler disappeared into the water. The water was fairly deep and murky and he went in right after... but couldn’t find his child.
I know a woman who stopped on a rural road (minutes from her house) to tend to a baby. Her 7YO daughter got out of the car (driver’s side) and was crushed between the car and a passing car. The mother held her child and felt her heart stop.
A moment of carelessness can have tragic consequences and there’s a HUGE difference between child abuse and something like this. And I already see the judgmental and typical responses in this thread. But I’ll support the decision of the prosecutors either way. No punishment will compare to what this man and his wife will endure.
The guy was a nurse.
His life will be miserable.
I say suicide in 3 years.
The man will be living with this the rest of his life. Every day he sees his kids he will see what he cannot see, the twins that died. If he has the conscience the police are indicating that they think he has, he’ll be in living hell the rest of his life.
Those are very different scenarios from what happened here.
Yes, a person can absolutely forget they have a child in the back seat in certain circumstances.
I wonder if there isn’t some unspoken agreement that it will be difficult to impossible to convict without the spouse testifying that they did not want children or that they didn’t like the children.
You kind of get an idea of what court testimony will be like.
If he’d left a dog in the car they’d have crucified him.
It’s like letting off someone who killed their parents, because now they’re an orphan.
Maybe in a Court he won’t be found guilty. But he’s guilty in the court of Public Opinion.
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