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KINGMAN - The parents of a 7-month-old infant were jailed this week for leaving their baby in the car while they shopped.

Jason Carl Vogt, 29, and Melissa Venna McElrath, 21, were arrested Thursday on charges of felony child abuse after a shopper spotted the baby crying in its car seat in the backseat of an unattended car in the Walmart parking lot around 1 p.m.

The windows of the sedan were rolled down, but the temperature inside the car exceeded 110 degrees, said Kingman Police Lt. Rusty Cooper.

The baby had an elevated body temperature and was taken to Kingman Regional Medical Center for treatment. He is now in the custody of Child Protective Services.

Officers rescued the baby from the car, then waited for the parents to return. It is believed that the infant was in the car for at least 20 minutes, since responding officers waited that long before Vogt and McElrath came out of the store.

They reportedly said they had forgotten that the baby was in the car.

So...... ya think maybe these parents need to exit the gene pool? I sure hope this sort of "forgetfulness" is not genetic.

Thursday, my wife came home from work at Wal-Mart, in a particularly bad mood (she is always in a bad mood but that day was really bad) because she had been called to the front parking lot to deal with the situation in this news story.

She said the windows on the vehicle were rolled down, but the doors were locked and the baby in a baby seat.... door locked, but windows rolled down... hmmmm odd. She described the baby, said that while they were waiting for the police to arrive they gave the baby a small bottled water and the kid (only seven months old) clucthed the water bottle and gulped the water down, did not even let go of the bottle even when they tried to get it back out of his hands.

There were a few things that she told me that really have me wondering...

First, when the cops arrived, they were emphatic that nobody take the baby out of the vehicle until the EMT's arrived. I know, I tend to be a bit reactionary and impulsive, especially when it comes to saving the life of a baby... but WTF?!?! "Don't touch the baby, wait for the EMT's to get here" I will in all likelyhood end up in a prison cell someday, but if I happened upon an abandoned baby in a locked or unlocked car sitting out in Arizona's noonday heat... My first priority would clearly be to save the life of the baby, DUH! "But it is 'criminal tresspassing' if you enter the vehicle according to Arizona Revised Statute, Title 13, paragraph..." Oh give me a FUCKING BREAK! So the cop would have us let the child roast alive in the car while we wait for the "professionals" to get there... Thank GOD that someone BROKE THE LAW, TOOK SOME ACTION, UNLOCKED THE DOORS AND GAVE THE BABY SOME WATER BEFORE THE COPS GOT THERE!

Second, when the parents did finally come out of Wal-Mart, they saw the cop cars and ambulance (the "professionals" finally did arrive) by their vehicle and started screaming "Oh my God!" They claimed they forgot the baby... OK, windows rolled down, but the doors locked, this just does not add up. Two other people that I spoke with told me they think the parents MEANT for their baby to die that day or for their baby to be kidnapped that day. To me, either theory has a lot of holes in it.

The Parents should be tested for drugs, then psychiatric evals, then it's off to jail to have the BOOK thrown at them...

Forgot their kid? That's the stupidest thing I ever heard.

They neglected their kid who was no longer the cooing, pretty baby but a handful of growing child. Babies are wonderful when they sleep like angels but that doesn't last long. They rapidly turn into full time, attention grabbing, care demanding little monsters -- who we love and cherish more than any product that Walmart sells.

A local University math professor did it to his son.

And it was treated as a tragedy. No charges. Not even

If one is to suffocate their baby, don't be poor!

That's my conclusion.

Moi

Equal Protection advocate.

Equal Crime, etc.

Apologies to those who may find a bad use of humor regarding

the death of a, baby.

But, it is to exemplify my disgust with, "the system"

as should be protecting all babies.

You know, not once in 5 kids were they ever left alone, anywhere and never in a car, never. I have a new grand baby and he always has someone with him, he is never left alone not even for a second. A couple weeks ago my daughter-n-law came over in the car and when she walked in Lucian was in her arms, She was only picking up an letter and was back out the door, NOT FOR A BLOODY SECOND.

Put this baby with a family that will love him like their own and never ever let the parents even see him again, ever.

GOD tar, feathers, whips, all come to mind.

River

Hang the father up by his balls. As to the mother, I'm at a loss for punishment.

Near denver a river rafter was arrested because he jumped in a river, to help

a girl who had fallen in, rather than waiting for the emt's to get set up.

I think the judge dismissed the case.

It is awful the number of cases of parents murdering or starving their children.

I think they should go to prison,BUT FIRST THEY SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THIS SAME SETTING several TIMES..... THEN BE PUT IN PRISON IN SOLITARY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DID....forgive my thoughts here, I am not normally this hostile, this is just ooooh-soooo unthinkable........

Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:51 am Forgot their kid? That's the stupidest thing I ever heard.

They neglected their kid who was no longer the cooing, pretty baby but a handful of growing child. Babies are wonderful when they sleep like angels but that doesn't last long. They rapidly turn into full time, attention grabbing, care demanding little monsters -- who we love and cherish more than any product that Walmart sells.

The REAL SHOCKER bit of news, they had BOTH gone into Wal-Mart to pick up the birthday cake for their other kid. Talk about your neglected younger siblings... "Oh MY GOD!" they were shouting as they ran to their vehicle, the cops cuffed them both and took them to jail without ever seeing their baby. I guess they have also ruined the other child's birthday celebrations too.

I think you said it perfectly though, a child is sure worth more than any product Wal-Mart sells, worth more than the whole lock, stock, and barrel of the whole corporation. Remember the story of "Rumplestilzkin"? They quit teaching that story in schools now, too bad, this pair really needed to learn that a child is worth more than any straw spun into gold.

moi621 (imported) wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:46 pm A local University math professor did it to his son.

And it was treated as a tragedy. No charges. Not even

If one is to suffocate their baby, don't be poor!

That's my conclusion.

Moi

Equal Protection advocate.

Equal Crime, etc.

Apologies to those who may find a bad use of humor regarding

the death of a, baby.

But, it is to exemplify my disgust with, "the system"

as should be protecting all babies.

moi,

I agree.

Something is not right...

Maybe somebody should come up with a car design where an alarm goes off if somebody is left in the back seat unattended.

They sure as hell can make one for SEAT BELTS, can't they?

BOMB DETROIT... Japan, too.

Oops! Sorry Japan, we already did that, didn't we?

I take it back, do not bomb Japan again...