A 1-year-old boy died in a hot car after his father left him there—on purpose—for five hours, Ohio police said.
The temperature outside was 87 degrees when little Kyler Parrott was strapped into his car seat with nothing to drink and no air conditioning on Thursday, according to authorities.
“We estimate that would’ve made the interior of the car about 130 degrees,” Det. Capt. Ty Norris of the New Philadelphia Police Department told WJW.
Norris said Tyler’s mother was at work and his father, Landon Parrott, 19, didn’t want to be bothered by his son.
“During the interview it appears that this was not a matter of forgetting the child but was a deliberate act so as the child would not be a disturbance while in the house,” New Philadelphia Police Chief Michael Goodwin said in a Facebook post. The father said he was left in the car when he ran into the store for 5 minutes.
But investigators said they obtained video that showed Parrott was in his home all day until he came out to go pick up his wife and found Kyler unresponsive.
Landon Parrott was charged with murder, manslaughter and child endangerment.
The child’s mother, Vanessa, posted a photo of her son on Facebook with the message: “Mommy loves you so much. Fly high my sweet baby boy. #justiceforkyler.” A GoFundMe was established to help her with funeral costs.
