A Florida father’s life was shattered when he went to pick up his 1-year-old son from daycare, only to be informed by staff that the toddler had never been dropped off. Tragically, the child had remained in his father’s car the entire day and was pronounced dead shortly after the discovery.
On Wednesday, November 6, the unnamed father arrived at Bayfront Child Development Center in St. Petersburg after work to pick up his child, as reported by local news outlets ABC Action News, ABC 7 Sarasota, and FOX 13 Tampa Bay.
Upon arriving at the center around 5 p.m. local time and speaking with staff, the father was horrified to learn that he had never actually dropped off his child at daycare.
Yolanda Fernandez, a spokesperson for the St. Petersburg Police Department, informed FOX 13 that "at that point, then the father kind of realized what was going on and went back out to the car."
The young boy was discovered unresponsive in the backseat of his father's car, where he had been left for the entire day. The temperature had reached a record high of 91 degrees, according to reports.
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