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Father charged in hot car death of 1-year-old son due in court
Kevin Pell is charged with felony risk of injury to a child as investigators await an autopsy and consider additional charges.
- On Thursday, 47-year-old Kevin Pell appeared in Hartford Superior Court facing a felony charge of risk of injury to a child following his 1-year-old son's death on August 15.
- East Windsor police allege Pell left his son in a vehicle at a family strawberry farm on Rockville Road while working, calling 911 after discovering the child unresponsive.
- A search warrant reveals the vehicle was parked in sunlight with windows closed, marked "not habitable for the child," and notes conflicting statements by Pell regarding the air conditioning.
- The judge continued the case to October 16 pending an autopsy report, with Pell remaining free on a $1 million bond under strict conditions prohibiting child supervision.
- Defense attorney Peter Bowman said the family is devastated, while Quinnipiac University professor Violano noted car interiors heat up nearly 20 degrees in 10 minutes, endangering children.
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'I didn't have the AC on': Search warrant reveals new info in death of infant left in car in East Windsor
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — East Windsor detectives are pursuing a warrant to search the phone of 47-year-old Kevin Pell, who is accused of leaving his 1-year-old son unsupervised in a car, where he was found unresponsive and later died. East Windsor officers were dispatched on Aug. 15 around 2:25 p.m. to the 150 block [...]
·New Haven, United States
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Warrant reveals what East Windsor father told 911 before hot car death of his 1-year-old son
A search warrant is revealing more about what the father of a 1-year-old boy said on a 911 call after the child was found unresponsive in a car in East Windsor...
·West Hartford, United States
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