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

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baby-dog-died-left-car-six-hours-police-say-rcna105019

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some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

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

dojan@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (4 replies)

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

Son_of_dad@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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

r2vq@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y

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

Psythik@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y

Yeah but the dog tho

Ashyr@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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: https://web.archive.org/web/20140617051424/http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-thebackseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime/2014/06/16/8ae0fe3a-f580-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

JoBo@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y

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.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

How many cigarettes ~~dis~~ did she buy?

trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world · -13 pts · 2y

Not fair, the cops wanted to kill them.