Overview
- Kevin Pell called 911 after his 1-year-old son was found unresponsive in a vehicle on Aug. 15, and the child was taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
- Court and police records show Pell initially told dispatchers he did not have the air conditioning on but later told officers he had left it on, a contradiction disclosed in a search warrant.
- Investigators described the truck as parked in direct sunlight with all windows and the sunroof closed and said the vehicle was 'not habitable for the child,' raising heat exposure as a likely factor.
- Authorities obtained a warrant to search Pell’s cellphone to reconstruct his location and call activity around the incident and said those records could be key evidence.
- Pell is charged with risk of injury to a child, released on $1 million bond, and next appears in Hartford Superior Court on Oct. 16 while officials await the autopsy that could prompt further charges.