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Well on this thought anyway, all and I mean all of the daycare centers in my area will call you if your child is not present, unless you(the parent) before hand told the establishment your child wouldn't be present that day.
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Okay. So what about this? How do you want to interpret this? The guy called the daycare center and told them the kid would be with him so they wouldn't call and it wouldn't looks "suspicious"? I think that would be found out very quickly.
Here is another report from http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../21484410.html
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FELONY CHILD ENDANGERMENT: Charges pursued in van death
Police to recommend prosecution of dad who left son in hot vehicle all day
By RICHARD LAKE
REVIEW-JOURNAL
Las Vegas police plan to recommend prosecution of a father whose infant son died after being left in searing temperatures inside the family's van all day.
The father, local high school teacher and volleyball coach David Fish, said he forgot to drop off 7-month-old Hayden at a baby sitter's because of a change in routine.
"We are going to submit a case to the DA's office," said Las Vegas police Lt. Jeff Carlson of the abuse and neglect unit. "It is our opinion that this is felony child endangerment. We believe that is an appropriate charge."
On Thursday, a spokesman had said police did not expect to seek prosecution because the incident had been an accident.
Clark County District Attorney David Roger said his office had not received the case as of Friday afternoon, so no decision had been made on whether to charge Fish.
Fish, a government teacher at Centennial High School and the coach of the school's state champion boys volleyball team, told police that he usually took Hayden to a baby sitter before going to work.
But on Thursday, Fish's last day of work at the school before summer break, he said he interrupted his normal routine and stopped for coffee before dropping Hayden off instead of buying coffee afterward. Because he was very tired, he simply forgot the little boy was in a rear-facing car seat in the van's back seat, he told police.
Fish went to work about 8 a.m. Thursday. At 4 p.m., he went to a day care center to pick up his older child, whom his wife had dropped off earlier in the day. There, he discovered Hayden in the back seat. The boy was unresponsive, but firefighters were able to revive him and take him to University Medical Center.
Hayden died there hours later, about 1 a.m. Friday, Carlson said. The Clark County coroner's office had yet to determine the cause of death.
A woman who answered the door Friday at Fish's home near Buffalo Drive and Craig Road declined to talk to a reporter.
"We're with our priest right now," said the woman, who appeared to have been crying.
A man in a military uniform then came up behind the woman and closed the door without speaking.
Carlson said the case was the sixth time in two months and the third time in less than a week that a child had been left in a car during searing daytime heat, a factor in several child deaths in recent years. Temperatures were near 100 degrees Thursday in Las Vegas.
In the other two most recent cases, both children recovered, but not without significant ordeals.
The first child, who Carlson said was about 1 or 2 years old, was treated for dehydration after being left in a car for about one hour.
The second child, a 16-month-old boy, was left alone in a car while his mother shopped at a shoe store, Carlson said. The still-running car was stolen with the child inside, prompting the first use of Nevada's Amber Alert system. Hours after the child's disappearance, a convenience store employee found the child still in the car and notified authorities. The child was unharmed.
Carlson said police will recommend child endangerment charges against parents in all three cases, though the parents in the first two cases can be charged only with gross misdemeanors because the children did not suffer "substantial bodily harm."
Fish can be charged with felony child endangerment because his son died, the lieutenant said.
At least four times in the last two years, local children have died after being left in hot cars. None of the cases was prosecuted.
But in a 1998 case, Raul Rojas and Patricia Robert were charged with second-degree murder after Robert's 7-month-old son died when he was left in a hot van.
That case differs from the others in that Roberts and Rojas, her boyfriend, purposely left the child in their van while they collected cans and bottles to recycle, according to reports at the time. The couple later pleaded guilty to child endangerment charges and received suspended sentences.
Despite the fact that children die every summer when they are left in hot cars, little has been done to prevent it, activists said.
"Over and over and over again," said Jody Esposito, a local activist.
Esposito's 5-year-old son, Michael, died two years ago after he slipped away from his mother, who was watching another son compete in a motocross race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. During a game of hide and seek, he hid in the car's trunk, where he died after he couldn't escape.
Since then, Esposito has joined forces with Kids and Cars, a national organization that works to prevent such tragedies. She and the group tried earlier this year to get the Nevada Legislature to make it illegal to leave a child unattended in a car, but the bill failed.
She said she hopes to get a city ordinance adopted to accomplish the same thing.
"Nobody was putting their seat belts on until it became a law," she said.
Janette Fennell, the executive director of Kids and Cars, said six children already have died nationwide this year after being left in hot cars. Last year, 30 such children died, and 34 the year before.
"People need to understand, it's never safe to leave kids alone in cars," she said. "Heat is just one of the reasons."
In addition, she said, kids can get stuck in power windows, they can accidentally put the car into gear and crash it, or any number of other problems can arise.
Parents, though they are busy with hectic schedules that often include both of them working, need to slow down and pay more attention, she said.
"This guy is not alone," she said of David Fish. "These are often educated, caring and, dare I say it, doting parents. This is the profile of these people."
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Hmm, maybe something more should be done to send a message not to leave children unattended in cars, but I don't agree that "making an example" of David Fish by treating him like a murderer would be sending that message alone.
http://www.msnbc.com/local/kvbc/M302575.asp?cp1=1
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Community Calls For Punishment If Children Are Left In Cars
Las Vegas, Nevada, June 10 - Just about every year at this time, we have the unfortunate task of reporting on children who are left alone inside cars. Last week we had two high profile cases, one resulted in a kidnapping, the other in a death. News 3's Gerard Ramalho has an update on the push for tougher laws to punish parents who leave children alone in cars.
It's difficult to prosecute these cases because the laws just aren't in the books. Usually these incidents are accidental, and while opinions are mixed on this issue, many agree something needs to be done. First, it was the case of a mom leaving her toddler alone in a running car. The child was kidnapped. Two days later, a father forgot all about his 7-month-old. The infant was left inside a sweltering van for more than 8 hours. In that case, the baby died.
"Stupidity is no excuse, honestly. I think it's a criminal act." Public outcry on this issue is overwhelming. "Murdering parents should face the music. We need to send the right message." Just ask District Attorney David Roger. He's recieved countless letters and phone calls from parents wanting justice. "They believe that if a child is dead, someone's got to pay the price."
The problem is, the law is not that cut and dried. In both these cases, the parents claimed their neglect was unintentional. Nevada statutes say the act must be willful and for it to qualify as abuse, it must be non-accidental. "It reads 'abuse or neglect means physical or mental injury of non-accidental nature,' and so I can't turn an accident into an intentional act. I mean the facts are the facts."
Still, there are many who believe the parents should be punished. Others, though, say they've suffered enough. "I think you have to weigh the protection of the child against the parents forgetfullness." The bottom line, it is a tragedy and most people realize it will happen again. Both cases are being evaluated, and depending on the conclusions reached by police, charges may be filed as early as Wednesday or Thursday of this week.
In the case of the child who survived, if convicted the parent could recieve up to a year in jail. In the other case, the one where the child died, the parent could be sentenced to up to 20-years behind bars.
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