VICKSBURG, Mich. — New details about a father who found his three-year-old son dead inside of his car in a Vicksburg Family Fare grocery store parking lot earlier this year have been released.
Emergency responders were called to the grocery store around 3 p.m. on Aug. 13 after it was reported that a boy was unresponsive at the store’s parking lot, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office.
- Previous coverage: SHERIFF: Child found dead at Vicksburg Family Fare likely died from heat
According to new police records obtained by News Channel 3 Monday, the father told authorities that he had forgotten to drop off his son at daycare that morning before heading to work.
The man told officers he went to Family Fare on West Prairie Street to get groceries after work when he noticed that the toddler was still inside the car, according to police records.
The sheriff’s office previously told News Channel 3 that the boy likely died from heat exhaustion…