HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A one-year-old girl was pronounced dead after she was accidentally left in a vehicle Thursday, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies responded to reports of a child left in a vehicle in the Crescent Park Village subdivision, located in the 8000 block of Barnes Ridge Lane, around 6 p.m.
Investigators said the mother was taking her three children, ages 5, 3 and 1, to daycare this morning, but when she arrived, she only dropped off the 3-year-old and the 5-year-old. Deputies believe the 1-year-old was accidentally left in the vehicle.
Deputies said the mother returned home and and at some point during the day she went to exercise. It was only when she went to pick up her other children from daycare that she realized she hadn’t dropped off her 1-year-old daughter.
Deputies said a worker from the daycare went home with the mother to help look for the 1-year-old and found her in a vehicle on the back floorboard.
Deputies said the child had been left in the vehicle from about 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The child was pronounced dead on the scene.
The mother has been detained for questioning, according to deputies.
The case will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office to determine if any charges would be filed, according to deputies.
HCSO provided information on the case during a Thursday night news briefing. Watch the presser in its entirety below.