KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The father of a 3-year-old believed to have died in a hot car near Vicksburg indicated he must have forgotten to drop his son off at day care that day, police reports show.
The child was discovered dead in his father’s SUV on the afternoon of Aug. 13 at a Family Fare in Vicksburg. Police reports from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office obtained by News 8 show his father told investigators he didn’t know what happened that day.
“I guess I went straight to work,” the report says he told investigators when he was interviewed.
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The father arrived at his job at a plant in Brady Township, just outside of the Vicksburg limits, around 6:40 a.m., the reports show. He left around 3 p.m. and then stopped by the Family Fare afterward to get groceries. He was inside for a few minutes and when he came out, he realized his son was still in the car, buckled into in a rear-facing car seat in the driver’s side back seat.