How in the hell could you not remember your child is strapped in the backseat of your car? He stopped for breakfast, apparently for both he and his son; less than a mile later, he arrives at work. Lunch time - he goes out to the car and puts something in through the driver’s side - STILL doesn’t notice his son in the back seat, probably unconscious by now. At 4:00 pm he returns to the car to leave work, drives to a shopping mall, and SUDDENLY remembers the baby in the back seat. WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIS HEAD? Were he and his wife in the habit of doing this a lot? They must have been, since they RESEARCHED it, because they said they “WERE AFRAID IT WOULD HAPPEN”. OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE IN THE HABIT OF DOING THIS, knew they were wrong and risking their child’s life, BUT CONTINUED TO DO IT ANYWAY????? HANG THEM BOTH!
Regarding the lunchtime visit to the car - the poor child had probably relieved himself, and in a hot car, that would stink to high heaven. The father didn’t notice a bad odor in the car during this visit? If not then, he definitely should have noted a bad odor when he got in the car at the end of the day and reported to the authorities then and there.
I don’t think a jury is going to buy his story at all.
RIP Cooper.
“How in the hell could you not remember your child is strapped in the backseat of your car?”
I remember years ago with a 3 year-old and infant twins and being sleep deprived (helping my wife with everything and trying to work from home). A few times I would take her car for something, glance in the rear-view mirror and see the two empty car seats and go “Oh my God! I left the girls at the....Oh. Wait. They are at home. Whew!” (I did leave the grocery store TWICE and left a cart full of stuff after paying late at night.)
But as sleep deprived, scatter-brained and busy as I was; I NEVER left one in the car.
Agree!