I have a toddler, so I know how fast they can move.
One minute, they’re right next to you. The next, they are halfway into a cabinet you forgot to childproof, or attempting to get into something that requires you to sprint across the room before they succeed. That only takes seconds, so I get it.
What I don’t understand is how a 13 month old ends up alone in a locked car that gets towed away, then sits for days before anyone realizes that a baby is still inside.
Police say the toddler was found alive Saturday in the back seat of a vehicle at Woods Towing and Services in Eastpointe, after the car had originally been parked incorrectly in a driveway in the Detroit Area on Thursday night. The city was contacted by a neighbor on Friday morning, and the vehicle was impounded that afternoon, eventually ending up at a lot in Eastpointe…