Man refuses to let police rescue his child from a hot car October 25, 2020 | Registered: 18 years ago Posts: 9,944 |
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LAS VEGAS - Police in Las Vegas arrested a father after they say he refused to let anyone break the window of his new car to save his dying baby, who was locked inside the hot vehicle.
According to a police report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 27-year-old Sidney Deal had locked his keys in the car Monday afternoon, while his 1-year-old daughter Sayah was inside.
Deal flagged down officers for help, but when an officer offered to break the window and call for a locksmith, Deal declined and asked to call his brother instead, FOX 5 Las Vegas reports.
According to the arrest report, Deal told his brother he had just purchased the car and didn't have money to fix a broken window.
Police said he also declined to have a tow truck come to the scene, because he didn't agree with the cost.
After several minutes, the officers smashed the window anyway and pulled out the unresponsive toddler. Police said the little girl died before paramedics arrived on the scene, according to FOX 5.
Outdoor temperatures reached the mid-90s at the time in Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service.
It's unknown exactly how long Sayah was in the hot car, but neighbor Shellie Ratliff told the Review-Journal it took about two hours before the window was broken. She said police had asked her for a clothes hanger to use to try and unlock the car door.
The Clark County coroner has not ruled on the girl's cause of death.
Deal was arrested for felony child abuse and is expected to appear in court Thursday.
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Years ago a co-worker of mine had been obsessed with BMWs and wanted one forever. About the time he had saved enough to afford one and started bragging about it at work his girlfriend wound up pregnant. He was also 27 and ended up buying some breedmobile instead. He had a complete personality change: he was a flirty, outgoing happy guy who was always pleasant to be around and he turned into a very whiny unhappy guy. He remained completely bitter from then on and it got much worse once the loaf arrived. He non-stop whined about the costs of a loaf. The other dads at work tried to console him but he absolutely hated everything about the experience.
Re: Man refuses to let police rescue his child from a hot car October 26, 2020 | Registered: 19 years ago Posts: 9,180 |
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I wouldn’t be surprised to see moo and duh sue them for not smashing the window, and letting the kid die. Cue duhddie crying: “I didn’t know the kid could roast to death! They should have warned me!”
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Didn’t the find that the child died via strangulation and he tried to cover it as a Li’l Sizzler death? He had an argument with his girlfriend and I guess he decided to kill the baby in retaliation.
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paragon schnitzophonic
Didn’t the find that the child died via strangulation and he tried to cover it as a Li’l Sizzler death? He had an argument with his girlfriend and I guess he decided to kill the baby in retaliation.
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paragon schnitzophonic
Didn’t the find that the child died via strangulation and he tried to cover it as a Li’l Sizzler death? He had an argument with his girlfriend and I guess he decided to kill the baby in retaliation.
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paragon schnitzophonic
Didn’t the find that the child died via strangulation and he tried to cover it as a Li’l Sizzler death? He had an argument with his girlfriend and I guess he decided to kill the baby in retaliation.
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Sidney Deal, 28, was arrested Oct. 6 and charged with child abuse resulting in substantial bodily harm. He posted bail last Thursday, and a judge ordered that he be released to high-level electronic monitoring, court records show.
According to his arrest report, Deal flagged down a passing patrol car around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 5 after he realized his keys were locked in the car with his daughter, Sayah.
The report said Deal rejected their offers to break the window or call a tow truck or locksmith and said he just needed to call his brother. Deal’s brother told police Sidney Deal called and asked for their mother’s insurance information after locking his keys in the car but said the air conditioning was still running so the infant would be fine.
When Deal’s brother arrived, he told police, “He immediately took his shirt off, wrapped it around his knuckles and was ready to punch the window,” according to the report. “Sidney stopped him and said he wanted to wait for a tow truck. Sidney insisted he not damage his new vehicle, stating he had just bought the car and did not have the money to repair a broken window.”
Deal’s girlfriend told police that she spent 23 minutes on hold with a locksmith but that Deal didn’t like the price the locksmith gave so he denied the services.
After about an hour, officers smashed a window and took the child out, but her body was in “rigor mortis,” the arrest report said. Her cause and manner of death are still pending with the Clark County coroner’s office.
Deal is expected back in court Dec. 3.
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In October 2018, Porcha Henderson, the mother of Deal’s two sons, filed a lawsuit in District Court requesting sole custody of the boys, who were 1 and 3 at the time. In her reasons, she cited domestic violence and CPS involvement. The lawsuit was filed one month after one of the five CPS reports alleging abuse.
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