Am thinking these parents, made a decision first to let the baby sleep, while they ate and then forgot about the time and the baby as well.
Whatever the scenario; do not believe their intentions were 'abusive' and they are fortunate. . . but am really sickened at the number of chidren 'left behind. . .forgotten and then suffer terribly and die.
Dark windows on cars obscure not only outside eyes; but parental ones too sometimes and the baby in the 'back seat' is forgotten.
Thinking maybe carmakers or 'Security' may want to come up with something - a beeeper - or somesuch, to let someone know there is still life in a darkened car; when driver exits. Sad, but maybe necessary in today's stressed world.
These people are idiots and need to have spend the next 5 years working at an abused child shelter. My wife and I refused to ever leave our kids in the car, in fear of something happening to them, until they were about 12 years old.
They already did. They have intelligent car locks. Some dumb @ss computer decides all by itself it's time to lock all the doors.
Ma leaves the keys and purse on the front seat to go retrieve the kid from the back seat. Shuts the front door and goes to open the back. All the doors were unlocked, but as ma's hand heads for the back latch she hears the bolt slam. Now all the doors are locked. Ma calls 911 and in the mean time gets the assistance of 3 other women with tire irons and hammers. They pound for 15 mins before the cops show. Cop fails with his slim jim, because they're electronic locks. He tells the women he's not allowed to break windows, only they can do that. So he tells them to keep at it.
In the mean time baby is dying from the heat. He's completely red and screaming wildly. After 20 mins cop calls for backup and paramedics arrive 10 mins later. Total time, 50 mins. Paramedics make an official determination that the baby's life is in danger so they tell the cop to give them a hand prying off the sun roof with their wrecker bars. Baby gets med treatment including a cold bath. He's now fine, except for the worried look on his face now when he's buckled in the car seat.