Police: 1-year-old
boy intentionally left inside hot car in northern Ohio
dies; father charged with murder
Landon Parrot, 19, told police he left the boy in the
car so he "would not be a disturbance while in the
house."
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — A 1-year-old boy
who was intentionally left inside of a car in northern
Ohio for several hours died on Thursday, according to
police.
Police in New Philadelphia, which is
about 50 miles south of Akron, said they were notified
by the Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital about a
1-year-old boy who was brought into the ER unresponsive.
The boy was brought in by his father, 19-year-old Landon
Parrot.
During the investigation, police said
Parrot was giving inconsistent information to
detectives.
Detectives confronted Parrot with new
information and police said Parrot confessed to leaving
his child in a car.
The boy was left in a car by
himself for five hours with temperatures outside
reaching 87 degrees, according to police.
During
an interview, police said Parrot put him in the car so
the boy "would not be a disturbance while in the house."
Parrot has been charged with murder, two counts of
endangering children and involuntary manslaughter. He is
being held on a $250,000 bond.