Texas man charged with capital murder after 2-year-old dies in locked car while he slept
Family members found the child in a non-running car after checking on Rodriguez, and police said the heat created deadly conditions inside the vehicle.
- On Sunday, Midland Police Department officers arrested Lorenzo Rodriguez, 25, and charged him with capital murder after his 2-year-old daughter died inside a locked vehicle on the 100 block of East Pecan Avenue.
- Concerned family members went to the home Sunday evening to check on Rodriguez after learning he had consumed alcohol the night before, eventually finding the child in a non-running Kia parked outside.
- The high temperature in Midland on Sunday was 99 degrees; according to the National Weather Service, temperatures inside a parked vehicle can reach more than 130 degrees Fahrenheit in 30 minutes.
- Family members broke a window to rescue the toddler and rushed her to Midland Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
- Following a preliminary investigation into the circumstances of the child's death, investigators arrested Rodriguez and charged him with capital murder. He had been asleep since approximately 11 a.m. before relatives arrived.
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Dad left 2-year-old locked in sweltering car all day while he slept off night of drinking — by the time he woke up the boy was dead: Police
Inset: Lorenzo E. Rodriguez (Midland County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The area in Texas where Rodriguez allegedly left his 2-year-old daughter to die in a hot car (Google Maps). A 25-year-old father in Texas is accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter, allegedly leaving the toddler trapped inside a locked vehicle for roughly nine hours while he...
Texas man charged with capital murder after toddler dies in car while he slept
The Midland Police Department said officers responded just before 8 p.m. Sunday to the report of an unresponsive toddler locked in a vehicle. They arrived and contacted 25-year-old Lorenzo Rodriguez and other family members. Family members said they went to…
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Texas Toddler Dies In Hot Car While Father Slept After Drinking, Police Say
Lorenzo Elias Rodriguez, 25, faces a capital murder charge in the July 26 death of his 2-year-old daughter, who police say was found unresponsive inside a locked vehicle in Midland. | Image by Midland County Sheriff’s Office.A Midland father faces a capital murder charge after his 2-year-old daughter was found unresponsive in a locked, non-running car on Sunday and later died at a hospital, police said in an account reported by Fox. Midland Poli…
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