Toddler Dies After Father Leaves Her Inside Hot Car While Having Father’s Day Drinks With Friends

A Baltimore man has been charged with homicide after police say he left his 2-year-old daughter strapped to her car sear inside his hot car for 24 hours while he went drinking.

Wilbert Carter, 31, told police he went out drinking Sunday with friends as temperatures reached a scorching 89 degrees. He later went home alone at 7am.

When he awoke Monday at 4pm, he realized his daughter Leasia Carter was missing. He found her unresponsive in his car, which was parked down the street.

She was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead after police say she sat in Carter vehicle with the windows rolled up for at least 24 hours.

Raven Jenkins witnessed the horrific moment Carter discovered his daughter in the car.

‘He’s walking down the street. He’s crying,’ Jenkins told WBAL. ‘He’s got a little kid in his hand, a lady comes out of the house or walks out the street and they just start screaming.’

Carter told police he’d been drinking on Sunday, but was apparently unsure for how long or when he parted ways with his daughter.

When questioned by police, Carter said he had sole custody of the little girl at the time of her death.

He was charged Monday with child abuse and homicide.