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Toddler Found Dead in SUV Outside Plantation Day Care

Investigators have opened a death probe with the medical examiner collecting evidence at the scene.

A father reportedly drove to work after forgetting to drop off his 18-month-old son at daycare, later discovering the boy dead in the backseat outside a Plantation preschool. (WPDE file)
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Overview

  • Plantation police and fire units responded after a report of a deceased child at A World of Discovery Academy on Monday and fire personnel pronounced the child dead at the scene.
  • The daycare owner said she and the child’s father discovered the toddler in the back seat and that she called 911 with the father when they found the child.
  • Detectives and crime-scene teams surrounded the family’s black SUV, erected a tent and spent hours collecting evidence while the medical examiner worked on site.
  • Officials have not released the child’s identity, confirmed age, cause of death, or whether anyone will face charges, and news outlets have reported the child’s age as either 18 months or 23 months.
  • The case is being reported in the context of hot‑car deaths, a pattern experts say is often caused by unintentional caregiver omission, and national groups place annual U.S. hot‑car deaths at roughly 40 children per year.