So you’re saying that she had two kids and an animal in the front seat?
She didn’t see the two year old?
I have no idea where everybody was situated for the ride. We know the baby was left in the back seat. I’m suggesting she may have gotten the other two and the pet out of the vehicle first, knowing the baby was still there, and intending to come right back to get the baby and then got distracted and forgot the baby was still out there. The dark windows in rear passenger seats lessen the chance that a passerby will notice a child in the back seat — most vets offices have small parking areas and people coming and going pretty frequently, but if you’re not looking for a child stuck in a car, you won’t just happen to notice one in a back seat with a dark window.
Yes, two year olds demand a lot of attention, but they also sleep soundly. And she may have had a 3 year old and 5 year old and an active dog inside with her. Obviously, she was splitting her attention too many ways, but I don’t think we can jump to the conclusion that she deliberately left the baby in the vehicle all that time. I can see how it would be physically impossible for one woman to transport 3 young children, including a 22 month old toddler, and a pet, perhaps in a carrier, across a parking lot and into a vet’s office all at once. So the most likely scenario I see is that she left the baby, intending to come right back for it.