Police: Florida dad goes to pick up baby from day care, finds 1-year-old dead in the back of his car

SHOOTING IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. BUT WE BEGIN NOW WITH OUR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE. THE PRESIDENT ELECT, DONALD TRUMP, IS DEFINING SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT HE’LL MAKE A PRIORITY AS HE RETURNS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AND WE’RE BEGINNING TO GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT A SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MIGHT LOOK LIKE. NBC’S JAY GRAY SHOWS US THE TRANSITION OF POWER IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. A DAY LATER, IT’S NOT THE SPEECH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAD HOPED OR PLANNED TO MAKE. WHILE I CONCEDE THIS ELECTION, I DO NOT CONCEDE THE FIGHT THAT FUELED THIS CAMPAIGN A FIGHT THAT WAS, BY ANY MEASURE A POLITICAL KNOCKOUT. IN THE END, NOT EVEN CLOSE. PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP SWEEPING THE SWING STATES, KNOCKING DOWN THE SO-CALLED BLUE WALL, WINNING WITH MEN AND FIRST TIMERS AT THE BALLOT BOX WHILE EXPANDING HIS SUPPORT FROM BLACK, LATINO AND YOUNG VOTERS. AND THEN WHEN HE WON, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, LET’S MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. THE FORMER AND NOW FUTURE PRESIDENT PROMISING A FEDERAL SHAKEUP ON DAY ONE, I WILL LAUNCH THE LARGEST DEPORTATION PROGRAM IN AMERICAN HISTORY. HE’S ALSO PROPOSED ELIMINATING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROMISE TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON IMPORTS AND STOP AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR THE WAR IN UKRAINE. AND AGAIN END U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT. I THINK THIS NATION VOTED WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE, AND I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE A HUGE CASE OF BUYER’S REMORSE. HARRIS ACKNOWLEDGING THE FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT OF SUPPORTERS. NOW, I KNOW FOLKS ARE FEELING AND EXPERIENCING A RANGE OF EMOTIONS RIGHT NOW. I GET IT. BUT WE MUST ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THIS ELECTION. RESULTS. MANY ON BOTH SIDES SAY, ARE UNPRECEDENTED IN U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY. JAY GRAY, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. HOW TO END HIS IT IS IN SPECIAL TALKS ABOUT HOW TO END HIS FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF DONALD TRUMP NOW THAT HE IS HEADED BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TRUMP IS FACING FEDERAL CHARGES OVER HIS EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION AND HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. TRUMP HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL THE CHARGES. NOW, MR. TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD QUICKLY FIRE SMITH AND END THOSE CASES. A JUDGE IS SET TO SENTENCE TRUMP FOR FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN NEW YORK NEXT WEEK. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW THE CASES PLAY OUT. REPUBLICANS ARE SET TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE SENATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS, BUT CONTROL OF THE HOUSE IS STILL UNDECIDED. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SCREEN. OUR GRAPHIC SHOWS YOU WHERE THINGS STAND THIS MORNING. REPUBLICANS HAVE 206 SEATS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE 191. SO FAR, IT’S LARGELY BEEN REPUBLICANS FLIPPING SEATS IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL SAID THEY WERE RUNNING WITH QUALITY CANDIDATES AGAINST AN UNPOPULAR ADMINISTRATION. I THINK IT WAS A REFERENDUM ON THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, IN PART, PEOPLE WERE JUST NOT HAPPY WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE, OBVIOUSLY WAS A PART OF IT. IF REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL OF THE HOUSE, THEY WOULD HAVE A CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2016. THEY WILL NEED 12 MORE SEATS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. MCCONNELL IS RETIRING, AND SO FAR, THERE’S NO WORD ON WHO WILL BE CHOSEN AS THE NEXT SENATE MAJORITY LEADER. NOW, FLORIDA SENATOR RICK SCOTT IS EXPRESSING SOME INTEREST. THIS MORNING. WE ARE HEARING FROM THE VITO POLICE CHIEF AFTER VOTERS STRUCK DOWN A BOND REFERENDUM THAT WOULD HAVE BUILT A NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS. VOTERS FIRST SAID NO TO A MORE THAN $30 MILLION PROPOSAL LAST YEAR, AND THIS TIME THEY REJECTED A REQUEST OF JUST SHY OVER $20 MILLION. THE CURRENT POLICE STATION OPENED 34 YEARS AGO, AND OFFICIALS SAY THE DEPARTMENT HAS OUTGROWN THE BUILDING, WHICH IS ALSO IN NEED OF REPAIRS. VITO POLICE CHIEF BELIEVES THAT VOTERS UNDERSTAND THE NEED DESPITE VOTING NO. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AGAINST IT HAVEN’T BEEN AGAINST THE BUILDING. MOST OF THEM ARE JUST AGAINST THE TAX INCREASE ALONG WITH OTHER TAX INCREASES ALONG WITH THE COST OF LIVING. SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT NOW? THAT WILL BE UP TO THE ELECTED LEADERS TO FIGURE OUT. THE CHIEF SAYS WHAT THEY CANNOT DO IS NOTHING IN ORLANDO. THIS WILL BE THE FINAL EVENING OF THAT CURFEW UNDER A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WAS ISSUED AFTER THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING ON THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED, SEVEN OTHERS WERE HURT. MAYOR BUDDY DYER ISSUED THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THE VERY NEXT DAY, RESTRICTING ALCOHOL SALES TO END AT MIDNIGHT AND ENACTING A CURFEW BETWEEN 1 A.M. AND 5 A.M. THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 IN THE EVENING TOMORROW. ON FRIDAY AND THIS IS AS WE MARK ONE WEEK SINCE THE DEADLY SHOOTING. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT ONE OF THE VICTIMS, A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS SHOT IN THAT SPREE IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. TYREEK HILL WAS THE FIRST PERSON KILLED IN THE ATTACK. AND HIS MOM TELLS US THAT HE DID. HE DID NOT KNOW THE ALLEGED SHOOTER. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN REPORTS POLICE STILL HAVE NOT EXPLAINED THE MOTIVE. HILL WAS SHOT WHILE HE WAS STANDING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF ORANGE AVENUE HERE, ENJOYING THE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS. IT’S LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY THAT THESE SHOOTINGS WERE RANDOM. HILL’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAME TOGETHER LAST NIGHT FOR A VIGIL IN CLAREMONT TO REMEMBER THE 25 YEAR OLD. HE WAS A TOW TRUCK DRIVER FOR THE CAR STORE IN WEST ORANGE, AND WE ARE TOLD THAT HE WAS A HARD WORKER AND DID A 12 HOUR SHIFT RIGHT BEFORE HE CAME DOWNTOWN. ORLANDO POLICE SAY 17 YEAR OLD JAYLEN EDGAR SHOT HILL IN THE MIDDLE OF ORANGE AVENUE AT CENTRAL, THEN RAN AWAY WITH THE CROWD BEFORE SHOOTING AND KILLING ANOTHER YOUNG MAN JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. HILL’S MOM TOLD US HE DID NOT KNOW THE SHOOTER AND THAT HE WAS A GOOD MAN. WHAT DO YOU WANT EVERYBODY ELSE TO KNOW ABOUT HIM? THAT HE WAS A GENTLE GIANT, RADIANT. HIS. HE HAD A SMILE THAT IF YOU WAS DOWN, THAT HE WOULD BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY. ORLANDO POLICE STILL HAVE NOT EXPLAINED WHAT THE MOTIVE COULD POSSIBLY BE FOR THESE SHOOTINGS. IF THEY KNOW. AND THE SECOND VICTIM ALSO DIDN’T HAVE ANY OBVIOUS CONNECTION TO THE KILLER. RIGHT NOW, EDGAR IS BEING HELD IN THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL WITH NO BOND AND HE IS GOING TO BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. REPORTING IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. AN ORANGE COUNTY MOTHER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER. DEPUTIES SAY SHE SET HERSELF AND HER TWO KIDS ON FIRE. INVESTIGATORS TELL US ESTHER TELLIS WAS SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO BUYING ALL THE MATERIALS IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, THE STORE CLERK TOLD WESH TWO NEWS SHE HAD CONCERNS THE SECOND THAT WOMAN WALKED INTO HER STORE, SHE WAS HOLDING A CLEAR PLASTIC JUG ASKING FOR GAS. AS SOON AS SHE LEFT THE STORE, IT WAS NOT EVEN A I WOULD SAY NOT EVEN HOUR. WHEN THE OFFICER CAME AND TALKED TO ME. I HAVE A BAD PTSD AND THAT HAPPENED IN MY STORE. I KIND OF FEEL BAD. YEAH, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS COVERED FROM MY STORE. INVESTIGATORS SAY IT HAPPENED AUGUST 26TH AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF A PATERNITY DISPUTE. INVESTIGATORS SAY NOW THE WOMAN’S INFANT SON DIED LAST MONTH WITH 80% OF HIS BODY BURNED, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. THE WOMAN’S TWO YEAR OLD SON WAS ALSO HURT, BUT THE CHILD HAS SINCE RECOVERED. FELIZ IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. SHE IS DUE BACK IN COURT ON TUESDAY. THE WOMAN FOUND GUILTY OF LEAVING HER BOYFRIEND TO DIE TRAPPED IN A ZIPPED UP SUITCASE, IS ASKING FOR A NEW TRIAL. SARAH BOONE CLAIMS THAT SHE WAS WRONGFULLY DENIED A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY, AND THAT THE EMOTIONAL OUTBURST IN COURT BY THE VICTIM’S FAMILY SHOULD HAVE CAUSED A MISTRIAL. BOONE IS SET TO BE SENTENCED DECEMBER SECOND. TODAY, LEADERS WILL DELIVER THE STATE OF OSCEOLA COUNTY ADDRESS. THIS YEAR’S THEME IS PASSPORT TO SUSTAINABILITY. OFFICIALS WILL REFLECT ON GROWTH THROUGHOUT THE AREA FROM PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT TO CREATING EDUCATIONAL AND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES. IT BEGINS AT NOON AT THE OSCEOLA HERITAGE PARK. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, CITY LEADERS IN ORLANDO WILL BREAK GROUND ON A NEW AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT. THIS IS COMING TO THE GRAND EAST COMMUNITY. THERE WILL BE 92 APARTMENTS FEATURING 69 ONE BEDROOMS, ONE BATH UNITS. RATES RANGE FROM ABOUT $600 TO $1300 FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY. WHICH IS WELL BELOW WHAT IS THE AVERAGE FOR RENTAL RATES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA? THE CEREMONY TO OPEN UP THIS NEW AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING IS COMING UP TODAY AT NOON. WE COULD STILL BE CLEANING UP FROM HURRICANE MILTON WELL INTO THE NEW YEAR. ORANGE COUNTY SAYS ONLY ABOUT 10% OF STORM DEBRIS HAS BEEN COLLECTED SO FAR. WE SPOTTED CREWS OUT CLEARING PILES FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD IN CONROY YESTERDAY. NOW, OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE GETTING MORE CREWS INTO THE COUNTY, BUT THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE. CREWS WILL LIKELY BE OUT UNTIL AT LEAST CHRISTMAS PACKING UP THE DEBRIS. WE DO HAVE A LINK TO CHECK THE

Police: Florida dad goes to pick up baby from day care, finds 1-year-old dead in the back of his car

Updated: 7:55 AM EST Nov 8, 2024

ABOVE: A look at today’s headlinesA 1-year-old was found dead in St. Petersburg after he was left in a car all day.St. Petersburg police said that the boy that was found unresponsive in his father’s car at Kindercare Bayfront Child Development Center on 6th Avenue South just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday.The father went to pick up the child from the day care, and they told him the child did not attend on Wednesday, according to SPPD.“The father had the child in the morning, and it was not part of their routine, took the child to an appointment with them and then after the appointment was supposed to drop the child off at daycare,” said Yolanda Fernandez with the St. Petersburg Police Department.Shortly after, the father discovered the boy in the back of his car, where he had been all day, St. Petersburg Police Department said.“He went to the daycare to pick the child up and they said, well, you never dropped him off,” Fernandez said.Tampa Bay had a record-high temperature of 91 degrees on Wednesday with a heat index of 101 degrees.“In just 10 minutes, it can become 20 degrees hotter inside a vehicle with the doors closed and that is not an environment that is sustainable for life for a child, or an adult,” St. Petersburg Fire Rescue Division Chief Lindsay Judah said.There are several apps that parents can download to their phones that will send reminders, or notifications if a child is left in a car.St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said there are low-tech methods, too.“We ask them to maybe leave things behind in the front seat, such as the child’s shoe or a teddy bear or a bottle to try to help remind them that they may have a child in their back seat,” Judah said.No other information was immediately available. Police will investigate to determine if charges will be filed.

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A 1-year-old was found dead in St. Petersburg after he was left in a car all day.

St. Petersburg police said that the boy that was found unresponsive in his father’s car at Kindercare Bayfront Child Development Center on 6th Avenue South just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

The father went to pick up the child from the day care, and they told him the child did not attend on Wednesday, according to SPPD.

“The father had the child in the morning, and it was not part of their routine, took the child to an appointment with them and then after the appointment was supposed to drop the child off at daycare,” said Yolanda Fernandez with the St. Petersburg Police Department.

Shortly after, the father discovered the boy in the back of his car, where he had been all day, St. Petersburg Police Department said.

“He went to the daycare to pick the child up and they said, well, you never dropped him off,” Fernandez said.

Tampa Bay had a record-high temperature of 91 degrees on Wednesday with a heat index of 101 degrees.

“In just 10 minutes, it can become 20 degrees hotter inside a vehicle with the doors closed and that is not an environment that is sustainable for life for a child, or an adult,” St. Petersburg Fire Rescue Division Chief Lindsay Judah said.

There are several apps that parents can download to their phones that will send reminders, or notifications if a child is left in a car.

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue said there are low-tech methods, too.

“We ask them to maybe leave things behind in the front seat, such as the child’s shoe or a teddy bear or a bottle to try to help remind them that they may have a child in their back seat,” Judah said.

No other information was immediately available. Police will investigate to determine if charges will be filed.