A man who placed his six-month-old daughter in the fridge after he found her in the back of a hot car has been charged with manslaughter and released on bail.
Unemployed teacher Micheal Thedford, 33, was arrested on Tuesday after authorities were called to his Collin County home in Texas.
WFFA reported Thedford forgot the child was in the car when he went inside to take a nap.
It was reported the man told police he put his daughter in the fridge “for an undetermined length of time prior to calling 911.”
Police found the child had died and was still in the kitchen when they arrived.
A probable cause affidavit said Thedford dropped his two other children, aged three and five, at a childcare centre before he left his daughter in the car when he returned home.
The child was said to have remained in the car for around four hours before she was discovered and placed in the fridge with the door open.
The father then called the child's mother, emergency services and began CPR.
Authorities said the mother of the child was at work when the incident took place.
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Neighbour Fabiola Contreras told CBS she saw Thedford and the child’s mother in tears after discovering the child.
“Forgetting a child? His child? It’s hard to believe, because how can you forget a child in your own car? It’s your child," Contreras said.
Thedford has been released from police custody after paying a $20,000 bond.
The outdoor temperature at the time was around 32 degrees.
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Drinking responsibly you say, we are in Australia aren't we. If the true facts really were told then you would find that 1 in 3 households where one parent drinks ; 1 in 5 where the mother drinks as well. We grew up with it. It was never taboo, never bad, never thought about what it was doing to our kids. BBQ's, parties, outings, family gatherings there's always alcohol involved. I was becoming an alcoholic & drinking 2-3 bottles of wine per night YES you heard right. I was also on 6 different medications for various things and it was what I did one night where both my daughters were present that stopped me cold in my tracks. I have not touched a drop in over 2 years, not even tempted. My mum was an alcoholic & dad drank with her. Maybe I've broken the cycle, just maybe.
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It is tragic, but as a mum of four and I can imagine how it could possibly happen. Parents of small children can be chronically sleep deprived and studies have shown how dangerous is to drive when so deprived the same as being drunk. He is not the first person to make this terrible mistake of leaving a child in the car seat