A baby and a dog died after being left in a car for about six hours, police say

AnUnusualRelic , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

How many cigarettes dis did she buy?

some_guy , 10 months ago

Caretaker went out at 1am and returned home around 8pm and left them in the car. No chance she wasn’t loaded on some mind-altering substance. Know your limits, people.

Trebach , 10 months ago

Gabapentin according to https://www.wtkr.com/news/york-poquoson-sheriffs-office-release-info-on-arrest-in-death-11-month-old

dojan , 10 months ago

Aww, this kind of heartbreaking news is why I don’t follow news at all nowadays. That poor dog.

Son_of_dad , 10 months ago

Did you miss the part where a human baby died too?

r2vq , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

I remember reading somewhere that Hollywood picked up on audiences’ propensity to be more emotionally invested in the well-being of dogs, even if they’re unnamed brand new characters and there are humans dying all around them.

histic , 10 months ago

yea ngl I care more about my dogs more then most things

Psythik , 10 months ago

Yeah but the dog tho

trashgirlfriend , 10 months ago

Not fair, the cops wanted to kill them.

Ashyr , 10 months ago

Unbelievably sad. I recall reading a Pulitzer prize winning article about this scenario and it is the most heartbreaking thing you can read.

This situation sounds a little more negligent than most, but I’ll withhold any judgement and mourn the child’s loss.

The article in question, for anyone looking for an emotionally devastating read this morning: web.archive.org/…/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be359…

JoBo , 10 months ago

This really doesn’t fit into the category of horrifying mistake. As far as I can tell she left them in the car all night while she partied with a friend, drove home at 8am, and left them in the car while she slept it off. I’m not saying she deliberately tried to harm them but this is a series of grossly negligent actions, not the kind of horrific (and easy to make) mistake that the article you linked is talking about.