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Game of Thrones Reminds Man of Child Left in Hot Car

Aleksander Chan · 08/04/14 08:38PM

According to a police affidavit released today, a Wichita, Kan. foster parent was reminded of the 10-month-old girl he left in his car after seeing a crying child on an episode of Game of Thrones. The foster parent, Seth Jackson, 29, has been charged by police with first-degree murder. Jackson was smoking weed, eating pizza, and watching TV with his partner for about two hours while the child was in the car on a 90 degree day.

Shoppers Break Window After Kids Get Locked Inside Hot Car

Aleksander Chan · 07/15/14 07:43PM

A group of shoppers in the Houston suburb of Katy, Texas felt compelled to smash the window of a Jeep after hearing cries from children inside. The children's mother had apparently locked her keys inside the car by accident. According to the Fox affiliate in Houston, the woman seen climbing through the broken car window in cell phone video from the scene is the mother—previous reports had erroneously stated that she had left the children in the car while she got a haircut.

Strip Club-Visiting Couple Leaves Baby in Hot Car

Max Read · 06/05/11 02:28PM

There are not many situations where you wish a mother would bring her baby into a strip club, but here's one: Police in Louisville, Ky., arrested 43-year-old Laura DiPrimo and 28-year-old Thomas Lee for leaving their infant in their car, outside the strip club, in 91-degree heat. At 11 p.m. Both parents admitted to drinking, and "Lee was wearing an ankle bracelet because he was supposed to be on home incarceration in Clark County, Indiana." [WAVE]