June 27th 2024.
A tragic incident has recently come to light, involving the death of a six-year-old girl in a hot car. The man responsible, 24-year-old Markise Outing, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the incident. According to reports from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, Outing's girlfriend's daughter passed away after being locked in a sweltering car while he was at work.
It was on May 20th when Outing arrived at Southern Manatee Fire Department Station 2 in Bradenton, Florida, with the young girl who was unconscious and possibly suffering from cardiac arrest. He claimed that she was his girlfriend's child and that she had overheated while playing at a nearby park. However, her body temperature was recorded at a deadly 107.2 degrees Fahrenheit and she was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead later that same evening.
As a reminder to all, the Pittsburg Police tweeted a warning to "Look Before You Lock," as the summer months bring about the danger of hot cars. A few months later, Outing was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter. Investigators found that the GPS data showed the girl had been in Outing's car for several hours outside of his workplace, rather than at a park as he had claimed. They also found inconsistencies in his account of what had happened.
Further investigation revealed that Outing had picked up the girl from school and drove to his workplace around 2:45pm. It is alleged that he left her in the car with the windows up, causing the temperature inside to reach a scorching 115 degrees Fahrenheit, despite the outside temperature only being 89 degrees. Her autopsy confirmed that she died from extreme heat, and a toxicology report is pending to determine the exact cause of death.
Outing has since been booked into Manatee County Jail, as authorities continue to piece together the events that led to this tragedy. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident, as data from the nonprofit group Kids and Car Safety shows that from 1990 to 2023, there have been 1,083 reported deaths of children in hot cars in the US, with an average of 38 deaths per year. The highest number of fatalities occurred in 2018 and 2019.
This heartbreaking case also serves as a reminder of a similar incident that occurred less than a year prior, when a 14-month-old girl died in a hot car in Long Island, New York. In that case, the child's grandmother had forgotten to drop her off at daycare and instead drove straight to work, leaving the baby in the backseat for eight hours.
As the temperatures continue to rise, it is crucial to be vigilant and always check your car before leaving it. Such tragedies can be avoided by taking simple precautions and being aware of the dangers that hot cars pose, especially to young children. Let us all remember this heartbreaking story and do our part to prevent any more lives from being lost in such a tragic manner.
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