Warrant: Cobb toddler’s dad researched child deaths inside vehicles

[Swede Atlanta]

20. Actually there have been interviews with a number of parents who......

did "forget" their child. Unfortunately some of these cases ended in the death of the child.

I was initially a bit skeptical but after listening to some of their stories I believe them, at least some of them.

For most of them it was either stress (such as unusually heavy traffic, work or home related stress) or an unusual circumstance (such as the father was never the one to drop the kids off or due to construction traffic was rerouted etc.) that simply took their minds from what they would normally be thinking and they went on "auto".

I know there are times when I get in the car and even if I have an important errand to run or an appointment will find myself at home having just cruised on "auto pilot".

It isn't forgivable but I can see where it could happen. Everyone is so stressed these days.

The one woman who was interviewed, an attorney, says she places her work shoes in the back seat next to her child now. She wears a pair of slippers to drive. Since she can't go into her law office in slippers she always remembers her child. They are suggesting parents place their purse, briefcase, cell phone or anything else that they would either never leave the car without or would quickly remember they had left it in the seat next to the child.

This case now appears to be turning into something unbelievably cruel and vicious. The little boy is being laid to rest today in Alabama. Her father of course cannot attend the services.