Baby was under the care of a collaborator of the child protection service. Thermal sensation reached 38ºC
3 years old died in Alabama, USA, after being forgotten inside a car on a strong day for about five hours.
Ke’Torius Starkes Jr. lived in adopted home. When the incident occurred, he was under the care of a collaborator of the Child Protection Service and family reception of the State Human Resources Department.
Service provider accompanied the child on a supervised visit of the father, at the organ’s headquarters. Then, around 11:30 am on July 22, she should take him to the nursery, Brittney Debruce, a boy’s aunt, told the New York Times.
Child was forgotten in the car from 12:30 to 17:30. Most of the time, the vehicle was parked in front of the employee’s house in the suburb of the city of Birmingham.
Woman only realized what happened when the day care center called her. KJ, as the boy was called, has been found dead by the firefighters.
That afternoon, the temperature was 38 ° C
Thermal sensation reached 40 ° C at 1 pm, according to the National Meteorology Service. The corresponding coroner pointed to “exposure to heat” as the probable cause of death, but still awaits the result of the tests for confirmation.
Woman was fired. The employee of the third party company Covenant Services, who did not have her identity revealed, was questioned by Birmingham police.
If it will be referred to the Public Prosecution Service as soon as investigation is completed. The company was sought by the local press, but declined to comment.
On average, 37 children die every year in the US by vehicle sunstroke. According to the National Security Council, KJ was the 16th child killed under these circumstances in 2025.
