Delaware father pleads guilty in baby's hot car death
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware man has pleaded guilty
to causing the death of his 10-month-old daughter by leaving her
in a hot car over the summer.
The Delaware Department of
Justice announced 37-year-old Syiee Parker of Wilmington will be
sentenced next year after pleading guilty to criminally
negligent homicide and providing a false statement to a law
enforcement officer.
The department says Parker dropped
his wife off at work in July and took six other children to
summer camps but failed to drop the infant off at daycare before
returning home.
Authorities say she remained in the car
for over seven hours and was found later that afternoon when
Parker picked up his wife.
“Any time there’s a loss of a child, it’s just a very tragic event no
matter if it’s by natural means or by accident or by some other means,” he
said.