Boy, 5, dies in blistering hot car while family hosts party in 100-degree heat, dad pins blame on teen son

A 5-year-old boy in Arizona died after being left in a sweltering vehicle while his parentes hosted a party — his father shamelessly blamed his teen son for the tragedy.Theo Sabo was left in his family’s car around 1 p.m.

Sunday after returning home from a baptism of another child at their church, FOX 10 reported. Sabo’s family was hosting a party with around 50 friends and family when, more than two-and-a-half hours later, the family realized Theo was missing.The family discovered the boy unresponsive in their sweltering vehicle outside their Peoria home — where temperatures reached a scorching 106 degrees that day, historical forecast records show.CPR was administered before Theo was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was tragically pronounced dead.Theo’s parents, Mihail Sabo, 50, and Anca Sabo, 45, were charged with negligent homicide and child abuse.The couple have four other children aged 18, 15, 14, and 9.Mihail reportedly told police that he asked his 14-year-old son to get Theo out of the car upon arriving home from the baptism — but the teen told cops that he was never asked to do so, the outlet reported. During separate court hearings on Monday, the boy’s mother Anca was visibly upset and sobbing while her husband Mihail kept quiet with his head down, according to a livestream of the Maricopa County Superior Court.“This was a, I can’t overstress this, a tragedy,” the couple’s defense attorney Leah Dodd told the court during Anca’s hearing. Dodd doubled-down on the account of Mihail asking their 14-year-old son to get Theo out of the car. “Mom is hosting a party at their home, assumes dad is gonna get [Theo].Dad asks the 14-year-old.

That’s not asking a young child to get another child out of the vehicle,’ Dodd argued, while Anca clutched her chest and wept. Theo “was sleeping, and there was a lot going on, but this does not deviate from what a normal person would do in this situation,” the defense attorney conti...