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The same thing happened near me in Manassas VA. A father with 11/12/13 kids (can't remember the exact amount, but it was quite a few) left a 16 month old in a van. Seems the mother and oldest daughter were in Ireland and the dad was just overwhelmed with the amount of kids to watch. Very, very sad. Apparently a lovely Catholic family, very active in the church. Father has had charges brought against him. I think it was a type of homicide/neglect type charge.

There was a situation in Utah a few years back like this one you have here. The man had his little boy in his truck. The little guy was in his seat, but had somehow gotten out of it, and the truck. The dad had gone over a nearby hill or something, looking for places he could deer-hunt in. Anyway, he lost track of time, talking to some other guys out there. The little boy wandered around, trying to follow and find his dad. He got lost, and a storm came in. He had no shoes on, and was in his pj's. The dad got back to the truck, found the boy gone, went out in a panic looking for him.

Well, as the story goes, they found him dead. It was a stupid and negligent thing for the guy to do, but it wasn't deliberate. He was full of guilt and remorse. After he was sentenced, he killed himself! He couldn't live with what he did. The guilt and sorrow of what he did or didn't do, to cause the death of the little boy. He loved his little boy dearly, and never harm him deliberately.