A 23-month-old Florida boy was found dead Monday inside an SUV outside A World of Discovery Academy after his father mistakenly believed he had dropped him off at daycare, authorities said.The Plantation Police Department and Plantation Fire Department responded at approximately 5:39 p.m.Monday to a report of an unresponsive child inside a vehicle at the early childhood education center.Firefighters pronounced the child dead at the scene.Leslie Novoa, the owner of A World of Discovery Academy, told WSVN-TV she called 911 alongside the toddler's father after the child was discovered in the back seat of the family's SUV.HEARTBROKEN FATHER BLASTS ‘BROKEN’ SYSTEM THAT LET FAMILY MASSACRE TAKE HIS CHILDREN BEFORE THEY COULD REUNITEA 23-month-old boy was found dead inside an SUV outside A World of Discovery Academy in Plantation, Florida, authorities said.
(Bernd Weißbrod/picture alliance via Getty Images)"This is hard for the parents, hard for us," Novoa told the station."This is sad to see this family – a wonderful family – to go through so much pain."Novoa said the father arrived at the daycare to pick up his son before realizing the child had never been dropped off."Unfortunately, the dad arrived to pick up his child, and when he arrived to the parking lot, he realized he forgot the child," she said.
"He never dropped off the child at the school."PARENTS OF 7-YEAR-OLD WHO DIED WEIGHING 255 POUNDS CHARGED WITH MURDER IN SUSPECTED NEGLECT CASEAuthorities are investigating after a 23-month-old child was found dead outside A World of Discovery Academy in Plantation, Florida.(Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)Novoa said she has known the family for six years and described them as loving parents whose three children attended the daycare."Like I said before, they’re a very loving family, and unfortunately, this happened," Novoa said.The daycare later released a statement expressing condolences and pledging support for the family.WISCONSIN TEEN SENTENC...