Vicksburg father who went to work, found toddler dead in backseat last summer pleads guilty

VICKSBURG, Mich. — The father of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a car outside a Kalamazoo area grocery store in August 2024 entered a guilty plea on Tuesday.

Chad Martin, 36, found his son in the car after he stopped at the Vicksburg Family Fare on Aug. 13, 2024. When authorities arrived, the toddler was dead.

Martin pled guilty to one charge of child abuse – leaving a child in a vehicle unattended resulting in death. He’ll be sentenced on March 17…

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