A father apparently committed suicide after realizing that his 18-month-old son, who he left in a hot car, had died. The unidentified father appears to have left his child in his car for at least three hours on Tuesday, said Lt. Col. Christopher Hensley of Chesterfield Police Department. Police speculate that the father went to work in the morning and forgot to leave his son in kindergarten. Temperatures in Chesterfield, Virginia reached a high of 80 ° F that day, according to The Weather Channel. After finding out that his child did not go to daycare, the father realized that the toddler was still in his car, according to Hensley. A father and his child were found dead in Chesterfield, Virginia (Image: WTMZ) Around noon, members of Dad’s family called police to report that he was talking about suicide in the woods behind his house, located at 14100 Aldengate Street. “Upon arrival, they spotted people on the street with an open door with an empty child seat in the vehicle,” Hensley said. “As they entered the house, they found an 18-month-old dead man.” Police then searched the house and found the father dead in the woods from what appeared to be a firearm. “This is a horrible tragedy on so many levels,” Hensley said. “Our heart goes out to the family and friends who are going to deal with this, but we will not miss the opportunity for people to take advantage of this moment and realize how important it is obviously to check your vehicles.” The 18-month-old boy is the seventh child to die in the US after being left in a hot car so far this year, according to No Heat Stroke. It happened two days after Kendrick Engram Jr., 3, died after his grandmother allegedly forgot him in the back seat of an SUV in Georgia. Contact our news team by emailing us at [email protected] For more stories like this, check out our news page.
