Conn. father whose child died in hot car is charged
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - The father of a 15-month-old Connecticut boy who died after being left in a hot car in July has been charged with negligent homicide.
Police say 36-year-old Kyle Seitz of Ridgefield turned himself in to town police Tuesday after learning that there was a warrant for his arrest.
He was released on a promise to appear in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday.
Police say Seitz was supposed to take his son, Benjamin, to day care July 7, but instead went to work. They say the boy was inside the car for an extended period of time as temperatures climbed into the upper 80s. Seitz took the boy to the hospital after finding him in the car.
In August, the child's death was ruled a homicide with the cause of death being "hyperthermia due to environmental exposure," reports CBS affiliate WFSB.
The child's mother has previously said that she forgave her husband for leaving their son in the car.
A phone message seeking comment from Seitz was not immediately returned.