Another dead baby in car...

[Inkpen]

...forgotten for 8 hours by dad.

HERNDON, Va. -- A father was charged Wednesday in the death of his 21-month-old son who, died Tuesday after he was left unattended in a vehicle for several hours, Herndon police said.

Sources told News4's Pat Collins the boy's father, Miles H. Harrison, 49, apparently forgot about the child.

Police officers and members of the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue were called at about 5 p.m. to an office park in the 500 block of Herndon Parkway.

An officer arrived at the scene and discovered a deceased boy in a GMC Yukon in the parking lot, police said.

The boy apparently died of heat exposure, News4's Pat Collins reported.

Sources said the boy, Chase Harrison, was in the car from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., when he was discovered by a passer-by. The boy's father works at the Project Solutions Group, a real estate consulting firm in Herndon.

When the boy's father realized what happened, he became so upset that he had to be transported from the scene for medical attention.

The boy, who was Russian-born, was adopted last March. He is the couple's only child, Collins reported.

Harrison was served with an arrest warrant Wednesday at the medical facility where he was transported. He is charged with manslaughter.

"It's a very tragic event," said Lt. Jeff Coulter of the Herndon Police Department. "The public needs to remember, we can't leave our children in a car, whether it's two minutes to run to the grocery store, or a little bit of time while you go into an office to do some work."

An autopsy is planned for this week.

 

[godsbutterfly]

...forgotten for 8 hours by dad.

How in God's name do you just grab your briefcase and go whistling in to work (for example) and forget you have your baby in the vehicle? The drive couldn't be so long you forgot buckling them in their car seat!

 

[Tigerlily]

I remember my kids when they were younger. This dude is full of crap or he was high. No awake 21 month old in the world would let it's mom or dad get out of a car and not be babbling along about something. That and how do you forget your child is in the car with you? He must have had an enounormous car.

 

[Caddyman]

how sad i know my kid won't even let me get out the car to open their door without screaming at me!

 

[hotmomma]

I have a 19 month old and reading this brings tears to my eyes. Can't imagine how that boy must of suffered and how long he probably cried for someone to get him

 

[Suz]

I have a 19 month old and reading this brings tears to my eyes. Can't imagine how that boy must of suffered and how long he probably cried for someone to get him

and a whole lot worse I'm praying the dad gets. Mom deserves to be held accountable also. He and the childs adoptive mother obviously, shouldn't have been given the worlds most precious gift of a child. Maybe that's why they had to do an out of country adoption????

sick mutherf**ker. Suffer in hell. The two of them.

 

[ocean733]

Wow. How horrible.

 

[cattitude]

Tragic. I can remember getting to my building at GSFC only to stop the car and find my little one in the back seat....happened a few times. It can happen.

 

[ocean733]

Tragic. I can remember getting to my building at GSFC only to stop the car and find my little one in the back seat....happened a few times. It can happen.

I remember a few years ago, that grandfather totally forgot about his grandson in the car and the baby died? It was somewhere in the area and he looked like he was totally torn up about it.

 

[GWguy]

Just saw that on the evening news. I'm in awe.

 

[Dougstermd]

I remember my kids when they were younger. This dude is full of crap or he was high. No awake 21 month old in the world would let it's mom or dad get out of a car and not be babbling along about something. That and how do you forget your child is in the car with you? He must have had an enounormous car.

it was a yukon a smaller version of you suburban


WTF you know that MFer was working and thought he could just leave the kid in the car...

there is a reason he was not blessed with his own children. cause he is too fukin stupid to raise children. I guess with money you can buy what you want even if its a little russian baby

 

[missperky]

Tragic. I can remember getting to my building at GSFC only to stop the car and find my little one in the back seat....happened a few times. It can happen.

I've had it happen to me once, but not with my own kids. I was with someone else and we had a baby with us, we got where we were going, I got out and just started walking away to the building...Turned around and she was getting the stroller out...I was like why do we need that? OOPs. So yeah it can happen to ppl that aren't used to that routine.

 

[getbent]

That is just tragic. You know it's a sad day when the Today show had a segment on things or tricks to do to remind you your child is still in the car (put your purse in the backseat, etc.). What has this world come to that we need to teach people not to forget about their own children?

 

[Caddyman]

That is just tragic. You know it's a sad day when the Today show had a segment on things or tricks to do to remind you your child is still in the car (put your purse in the backseat, etc.). What has this world come to that we need to teach people not to forget about their own children?

couldn't agree more. im only 26 and i have 2 kids and i would never forget them....

makes my brain hurt to think people are so stupid.

 

[Tigerlily]

it was a yukon a smaller version of you suburban


WTF you know that MFer was working and thought he could just leave the kid in the car...

there is a reason he was not blessed with his own children. cause he is too fukin stupid to raise children. I guess with money you can buy what you want even if its a little russian baby

Hey, I will not lie and say there are moments that I would like to forget they are in the car. The fighting, nagging, picking and poking will not allow me to forget though. When I drove the Burbinator they could still carry on, The best part is they could be tied to their own row.

 

[frozenrain]

this made me so upset to read. There have been numerous cases in the past few years. a car can heat up to a deadly heat in minutes. I can be scatty but I could never forget a baby/child in the car. Our AC has broken and just sitting stationary at the gas station made me feel breathless. as for little ones they are even more vunerable to this.
I am just so sad.I heard about a german lady who left her 9 month old in the car all day whilst she was at work. I do not think it was even that hot tragically the baby passed away. Lifes are hetic these days but how can people forget?

 

[GAFriends]

We know this family and may nobody ever judging what has happened ever have anything tragic happen to them. Not everyone is able to have their own children and this child was their world. Chase suffered a tragic and horrific death and his family and friends will suffer without him the rest of their lives. To blame his mother is vile. She was at work and got off a train to be told her child had died. A little compassion people and maybe kiss your own kids tonite. While you are at it, change your smoke detector batteries, make sure everything in your house is child proofed, watch them 24/7 and pray that nothing ever happens accidentally since all those condemning this family seem to have control over everything in their lives.

 

[Dougstermd]

Hey, I will not lie and say there are moments that I would like to forget they are in the car. The fighting, nagging, picking and poking will not allow me to forget though. When I drove the Burbinator they could still carry on, The best part is they could be tied to their own row.

i understand that but this guy is a complete dumbass

 

[mitzi]

Accidental deaths can happen, yes. This is just beyond understanding to me. How do you forget your child is in the car. Did he forget to take it to daycare? I will never understand something like this.

 

[Inkpen]

We know this family and may nobody ever judging what has happened ever have anything tragic happen to them. Not everyone is able to have their own children and this child was their world. Chase suffered a tragic and horrific death and his family and friends will suffer without him the rest of their lives. To blame his mother is vile. She was at work and got off a train to be told her child had died. A little compassion people and maybe kiss your own kids tonite. While you are at it, change your smoke detector batteries, make sure everything in your house is child proofed, watch them 24/7 and pray that nothing ever happens accidentally since all those condemning this family seem to have control over everything in their lives.

Yea..right..you KNOW this family?
Who's MPD are you?