On August 25 at approximately 8:12 p.m. the Irving Police Department responded to the 3900 block of Yellowstone Street for a report of a missing 2-year-old boy. When officers arrived they started collecting information about the child and started looking for him. A short time later the child was located in the back of the family vehicle that was parked in the driveway. The child was unresponsive; when paramedics arrived they pronounced the child deceased. Based on the preliminary investigation this incident appears to be a very tragic accident. The mother of the child is a single parent with 9 children. The family just moved to Texas from California within the last two weeks. Yesterday evening, around 4:30 p.m. the family was outside unloading personal belongings from inside the vehicle. Some of the children were in and around the vehicle playing and helping bring items into the home. After the vehicle was unloaded the mother instructed everyone to go inside and closed the vehicle, thinking everyone was out of the vehicle. Later that evening, the mother was unable to locate her 2 year-old son and called the police who later located the child. The vehicle is an SUV type vehicle with third-row seating. The 9 children range in age from fifteen years-old to 1 year-old. CPS has been notified and is in contact with investigators. This appears to be a very unfortunate situation with different circumstances than one in which a child is left secured in a car seat. The investigation is on-going and investigators are still interviewing family. The names of the involved parties are not being released at this time and we ask that you respect the privacy of the family during this difficult time. The cause of death is still pending with the Medical Examiner’s Office, but it appears that victim died of a heat related incident.
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