A Florida dad is accused of leaving his helpless toddler to die inside his sizzling automobile for hours whereas he obtained a haircut and stopped to seize a drink at a bar in blazing temperatures.
Scott Allen Gardner, 33, allegedly locked his 18-month-old son, Sebastian, inside his sweltering truck when he freshened up his ‘do and stopped at Hanky Panky’s Lounge in Ormond Seaside, Florida, on June 6, police mentioned.
The unaccompanied tot was left contained in the blistering warmth of the automobile for over three hours as temperatures exterior reached 92 levels, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a Fb put up.
Medical experts estimate the infant’s physique temperature reached a lethal 111 levels as he sat within the truck.
Legislation enforcement brokers carried out life-saving measures on Sebastian, however the child finally succumbed to his accidents.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Workplace alleges Gardner is accountable for little Sebastian’s demise as he loved a day within the Ormond-by-the-Sea neighborhood, eight miles north of Daytona Seaside.
The heartless father allegedly gave a number of false accounts to police of the occasions main as much as his son’s demise, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
Gardner was arrested on Thursday after police tracked him right down to his mom’s dwelling in Ormond Seaside.
Gardner was booked into Volusia County Jail and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a kid and little one neglect inflicting nice bodily hurt.
He was handed a $100,000 bond.
Bodycam footage from the sheriff’s workplace captured the second the deadbeat dad was detained inside an enclosed porch on the property.
“The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs today as he was taken into custody at his mother’s home in Ormond Beach,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
As Gardner was led away from the house, two unidentified folks known as out to the suspected killer, saying they cherished him.
“I love you guys,” Gardner replied earlier than one of many officers instructed him, “Say goodbye, because you’re not going to come back here again.”
