An eighteen month old Arkansas boy has died after being left alone in a car on a day when the outdoor air temperature reached almost 100 degrees.
Although it is not entirely clear, there are reportedly some indications that the toddler was in the care of his father at the time.
The youngster was the son of a Hot Springs juvenile dependency court judge, who presided over cases of alleged child abandonment, abuse or neglect.
Due to the judge’s prior tenure as a county prosecutor, a special prosecutor from another county has been appointed to oversee law enforcement’s investigation into the child’s death.
An autopsy suggests that the little boy died from heat exposure, but a toxicology report is still pending. It does not appear that any official decisions regarding potential prosecutions will be made in the interim.
Read more in:
- this KUAR UALR Public Radio article: Prosecutor Reviewing Information In Death Of Judge’s Son
- his Arkansas Times piece: UPDATE: Special prosecutor to handle Hot Springs child’s death and
- this ABC TV 7 new article: UPDATE: Toddler died in car due to ‘excessive heat’, preliminary autopsy report states .
