Crime

Baby Dies After Being Left By Babysitter in a Sweltering Car for Hours

In a tragic story coming out of Akron, Ohio, a 13 month-old baby died after she was left alone inside of a sweltering car for hours last Friday.

The details are still a bit murky, but the incident occurred after a babysitter brought five children to a day care center for a “play date.” While she took four of the children into the facility, she apparently left Aolani McCray in the vehicle. WEWS-TV reports:

The play date was set for 9:30 a.m., but it wasn’t until 1:55 p.m. that the babysitter realized the child wasn’t with her.

Upon discovering the baby, she was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. Charges have not yet been filed against the 30-year-old babysitter and investigators are still working to sort out the details. The New York Daily News has more:

Police Capt. Dan Zampelli told the Beacon Journal that she appears to have died from heat exhaustion.

“As we do with every sudden death, we always investigate,” Zampelli said, adding that the 30-year-old sitter has not been charged with a crime.

The child’s family is heartbroken by the incident. Among other details, detectives are currently attempting to figure out exactly how long the child was left in the car.

(h/t Daily Mail)

Comments (116)

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  • Sicialian Eyeball
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:45am

    If you let idiots take care of your kids,they might end up dead. 13 month old olds dont have play dates.from the looks of they people in Ackron Ohio,they were probably smoking crack in the basement or couldnt count to 3. Pay peanuts,get monkeys. Very sad for this innocent baby

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:49am

      you don’t have to be on drugs to make a mistake on your job.
      There should have been checks and balances, No way only one person
      should be in control without a back up.

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  • pecosval
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:44am

    Maybe they need a “roll call” or “head count”

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  • politicaljules
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:25am

    Can’t we develop a sensor inside a car that can detect movement/breathing in a car that combined with the temperature inside a car would notify someone? One that would either roll down all the windows and set off an annoying alarm, or turn on the car’s air conditioning, or even use an onstar like calling device that would call for help. For God’s sake, if we can make cars that park themselves, and call 911 after an accident, SURELY we can develop this technology. This is AMERICA, and while it might seem impossible to be an inventor these days, we can do this.

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    • Libertyluvnmomma
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:43am

      I guess this is a Titus 2 moment.

      Mommas need to be keepers of their home. Relegating such monumental tasks to another is depraved.
      What a bummer.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:12am

      There you go. Why don’t YOU develop this sensor. Open an AMERICAN company to produce it. And get rich.
      Then BARRY and his merry band of DEMOCRAT thieves can call you a Rich Republican, TAX you to death and China can produce them.
      Very sad story. Another piece of fodder for our prison systems.

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    • DAGNY
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Interesting idea, but I think then if the sensor fails and a child is injured or died, the manufacturer gets sued and not the negligent parent or babysitter.

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    • kkentucky
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:15pm

      I understand why you think an invention would be good for something like this, but what I find disturbing is that people are putting such little importance on babies that this could happen in the first place. I live in AZ and every year we have at least one of these situations. A web site suggested putting something “important” in the back seat so you dont forget your child, such as a cell phone or your purse, Even my 13 year old son said “shouldnt the baby be important?” One woman left her three month old in the car while shopping at a mall. At some point in a mall you will see something that should remind you that you had a baby….a stroller, other babies…etc. I raised three children and did daycare for several years. You do not just “forget” one of the children in your care. Bless this little one’s heart.

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    • CHULAIGUY
      Posted on September 6, 2011 at 10:15am

      A better way is for the idiot doing the baby sitting (30 years old?) to use a marker and write a number otn the farhead of each child. DUH ! There is NO EXCUSE for this. How does a 30 year old NOT know how to count to FIVE? Another product of our PUPLIC School System (no doubt).

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  • Want our country back
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:23am

    YEPIMACONSERVATIVE:

    Casey Anthony, UNFORTUNATELY, didn’t leave her with anybody… in this case, the baby might still be alive.

    God Bless her little heart.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:00am

      Seems you didn’t quite understand my post. let me spell it out. Murder, neglect or by total accident… these days you, me, we can’t trust anyone… to include some children’s own parents. We are living in a lunatic society where personal responsibilty and the responsibilty of others where children are concerned is more questionable than ever before.

      I hope that clears it up for you.

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  • barber2
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:20am

    Agree with ONEYEARSFOOD: Take your Jason Levin Left- wing tactics and go back to the basement…

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  • Mil-Dot
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:18am

    Somehow or another a minority is involved. They are a protected class don’t you know? If it was all whitey involved, she would be in jail facing 2nd degree murder charges. No charges filed yet-Pfft.

     
    • Xpat48
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 11:05am

      First thing I thought. Not surprised.

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    • freekoffhisleash
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 2:31pm

      Shut up you racist troll. Why does race ALWAYS have to be injected into things.
      Doesnt make a damn bit of difference if the babysitter and the child were both
      polkadotted. I despise idiot racist trolls like you.

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  • cassandra
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:14am

    13 month olds need to be either in your arms or watched constantly, then you have diapers and bottles so HOW can this woman forget? she was either high on something or a complete idiot so either way how could the parents leave this woman in the care of their children she should be sent to jail for life and the parents charged with child endargerment for leaving their child in her care

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  • one years food ration like glenn says
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:13am

    Dude, please with the racist crap.. were not liberals over here but you sound like the lone one… Cut the crap .. no one needs nor wants to see that.. Besides how do you know she was white ?

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:58am

    Intelligent people don’t even leave their PETS in the car!!
    Let alone with windows up!!!

    Disgusting.

    Prosecute? Or, punished enough already?
    .

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  • DanWesson455
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:49am

    How many newscasts. How many terrible news articles. How many stories have to be told so these DIP WADS understand what happens on the inside of a car on a hot sunny day. They are out there among us and they are breeding. Look out!

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  • ares338
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:47am

    Every year you think that this could not possibly happen again and yet, here we are. What can ya say? OOOOPS?

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:36am

      The current generation X creeps have been so dumbed down by “technology” (aka consumer brainwashing devices) that they don’t even know what planet they are on half the time. She was probably thinking of texting Sally or Jerome or playing her next round of video games or something.

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    • Kodiakman
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 5:19pm

      Mil-Dot, do you read what you type before you submit it? I have to ask because you sound completely ignorant. Generation has nothing to do with it. You discriminate against minority’s as proved by your earlier post and seem to feel the need to practice age discrimination as evidenced here. You sound like a typical progressive Demon-crate going around inciting class warfare. Go back to MSNBC you troll!

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  • Gary Fishaholic
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:44am

    Very tragic I know how hard it was when I lost my brother I can’t imagine losing a child like this. My heart and prayers go out to the family I am so sorry for your loss. God will judge the sitter she probably can’t believe it herself what she did. So sad.

    God please help this family get through this terrible tragedy Amen.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:30am

    Most people would be visiting their parents in Prison.

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    • freeweever
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:49am

      You are exactly right.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:26am

      Good thing the cops that investigated it did not include that one psycho that has been going around threatening to shoot people if they scratch their ball incorrectly. He would have shot her at least five times. With a shotgun. Oops, he is in another Ohio city, sorry.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:47am

      not true this is not the 1st time a mistake like this has been made.
      She had more kids than she could handle and the daycare had no back up
      the verify head count and notice a child missing.
      Everyone can make a mistake.
      Do you feel the same anger for the millions of dead
      babies in Iraq , Afghanistan and now Libya ?
      We are using Depleted Uranium and it will last for hundreds of years.

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  • TAKE_NO_PRISONERS
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:30am

    What was she smoking…..how does one forget about a child you are responsible for????

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    • Ready2Rumble
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:08am

      Very sad story….the Great Society has claimed yet another victim.

      Many years ago, I was working a retail job in company which catered to the low-end types. One day, this welfare recip came in with four kids to exchange an item, which clearly was not sold by this store. She was high as a kite and pitched a fit that the service desk would not take back this item. When she left in a snit to catch the next bus back the city, she only had three of her children with her.

      About an hour later, a little boy who appeared to be about 4 years old, was found wandering about the sales floor without a parent/guardian. Store security took him to the office and called the police. Shortly after the police arrived, “mom” shows up and was promptly arrested; I guess her high was wearing off and she realized that she had only three kids instead of four. She had a long rap sheet and was well-known to the police.

      I often wonder what happened to that kid…did he survive childhood in that environment? Did he make anything out of himself or did he become a statistic?

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  • Scrummy
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:24am

    Yet another reason as to why you should not leave your child with anyone.

    Sad.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:53am

      These days it’s hard to trust anyone with children (babysitters, relatives, OR parents). The Caycee Anthony situation/ death of her child is a prime example.

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  • Scrummy
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:22am

    Another reason as to why you should not leave your child with anyone. Sad.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:18am

      Do you always post almost the same thing twice ? We read the first post.. Not everyone is like the lady who left the kid in the car ya know..

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    • Therese
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:32am

      I have been a nanny for the last 12 Years with two different families. The last family I was with has two children aged 8 and now 5. I can honestly say I would have given my life to protect the children I watched. I can not think of any other profession that I would be as good at then as a Nanny. I also have 3 grown children of my own. I have been blessed to witness the True Blessing that Children bring to this world. If more parents or caregivers Would Only Play WITH their children instead of saying GO PLAY SOMEWHERE This world would be a much better place. You would be amazed to learn that you can teach your child pretty much everything if you only take the Time to Stay Next to them and Play.

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  • Gorp
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:22am

    I can’t understand how some of you can stick up for her and say she just forgot. How in the Hell do you forget a child in your car on a hot day, or any day?
    I don’t think murder charges are proper but manslaughter sure is. It doesn’t matter if you have one child or 10, you just don’t forget them in a car. You do a head count to make sure you have them all.
    I’m 65 and my wife, I won’t mention her age because some wives are sensitive about husbands telling people that they are a year younger, but we have NEVER forgotten any of our children in the car, or anywhere else. It is unacceptable and should be a just punishment for it.

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  • Carol Ingian
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:01am

    Murder, plain and simple.
    Stupid babysitter probably remembered her purse and car keys though, right?
    I can‘t believe the police haven’t filed murder charges yet. Anyone with half a brain knows not to EVER
    leave a child alone in a car.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:21am

      Murder ??? are you serious ??? Manslaughter or careless abandonment but
      let’s save Murder and the death penalties for real killers, not dumb people.
      Hitler tried to cleanse his country of people like this and the world has
      labled him a monster.
      http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/disabled.html
      the truth is we are hiring too many unqualified people and our lives
      depend on many of these incompetent and unqualified people.
      Do you also want to charge bad nurses and doctors with murder when they
      are clearly killing thousands in hospitals every year.
      http://www.yourmedicaldetective.com/drgrisanti/dangerous_medicine.htm

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:35am

      Murder? Murder requires “intent”. Please, engage brain and commeon sense. Otherwise, outrage sounds like stupidity..

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    • Ready2Rumble
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:15am

      Calm down Sheepdog.

      This is would probably fall under third degree murder or manslaughter, depending on how Ohio’s laws are written.

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    • danboy524
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:46am

      no one would do such a thing on purpose.

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:00am

    I’m sure the sitter is just as distraught as well. Why don’t some of you just chew on a board or something.

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  • the point
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:49am

    Don’t these people ever watch the news or read a newspaper ???? If they did , things like this would
    never happen.

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    • Quagmir
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:58am

      Never happen?

      Stupidity doesn’t stop just because someone reads a paper.

      Manslaughter charges will stop this one from doing so again though.

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    • t00nces2
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:06am

      It does not sound like she did it on purpose. I am not excusing her, but she had four other kids and lost track. The child in the car slipped her mind. I am sure something like that has happened to you (left a hose running, left your garage door up, left your oven on), hopefully without the serious consequences this poor woman will have to go through. It is a tragedy all involved will have to live with for the rest of their lives. Pray for them.

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    • dissentnow
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:24am

      @Toonces2
      Please tell me that you are not equating leaving the garage door open to leaving a child to suffer and die in the back of a car.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:07am

      @T00NCES2.. Come on, you can’t be that stupid.. I don’t care if you have 10 kids in the car ,the one in the baby seat is the most important.. How can you for get a baby in a car seat.. I bet she said Oh well the baby is sleeping or something and said she‘ll be fine out here I’ll just lock the doors.. Don’t be so naive …

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:34am

      How much do you want to bet that she walks with probation?

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    • Quagmir
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 10:21am

      Yes t00nces2, through prioritizing my life I have left the hose on. Getting back into the house to something that was a larger priority is the cause.

      I dont leave my loaded guns around kids as i put a high priority on locking them up safely so there is no way it will just slip my mind. It only takes a few seconds for that to become a deadly ordeal, This “babysitter” had 4+ hours of a child slipping her mind and probably would have been somewhat ok in the first 2 hours before it was life threatening.

      Oops, 1 year kid has my loaded .45 pointed at her face again. Must have slipped my mind to put it away after cleaning and reloading it because dancing with the stars was on. But its ok because i turned my hose off before it died. My kid is dead but my hose is ok, nothing to see here folks.

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  • JLGunner
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:40am

    Stop having kids.

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    • Michael
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:40am

      Read the story fool, they weren’t her kids she was the babysitter……

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    • JLGunner
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 12:01pm

      I take it you know what I was refering to? Are you related to that self proclaimed genius Bill Maher, sure sounds like.

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  • starman70
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:36am

    P.S. Pray for the parents.

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  • starman70
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:35am

    Horrible, Outrageous, Where was this babysitters brain?

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:21am

      She was probably thinking about her next texting to her friends.

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    • danboy524
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:48am

      probably busy texting some demanding boyfriend is my guess. pray for the child and the parents.

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  • dissentnow
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:35am

    What an awful story. Please hurry up and file charges.

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    • Countrygirl1362
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:42am

      Just leave her alone with the parent for 1/2 an hour, then there will be no need to file charges. Prayers for the child’s family.

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  • RepubliCorp
    Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:35am

    Five is a pretty big number. I can see how this could happen

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    • Carol Ingian
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:56am

      Obviously you are not a parent

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    • mickgringo
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 7:59am

      If you pull your other hand out of your pocket, you’ll see that you can make 10. That’s a really big number.

      …dumb ass!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:17am

      Microsoft needs to come with a sarcasm font for the not so bright

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 8:31am

      CAROL INGIAN father of two, my wife stopped working when we had kids (1980) she was making 35k then. We took the loss so we didn’t have our kids in daycare.

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    • one years food ration like glenn says
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:08am

      I bet you do taxes , huh ?

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:39am

      @Republic
      Next time at the end of a sarcastic statement just put “(sarc)” after the period. That is how it is done. Don’t worry, you are forgiven. Lol

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    • mickgringo
      Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:51am

      Sarcastic retort to non-sarcastic font…..apologies not immediately recognizing the depth, substance and “obvious” nature of your lampooning. When you’ve decided to re-enter the atmosphere and leave your flatulent, overinflated cesspool of a solitary sanctuary behind, let us know. We’ll make sure the water is warm at the shallow end of the pool for you….. Now fetch me another White Russian, and make it snappy!

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