Illinois Dad Leaves Babies In Scorching Car To Do Cocaine At A Bar

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Illinois: 35-year-old Gerardo Oruzco was arrested for leaving his 1-year-old and 3-year-old kids strapped inside a broiling hot car without food or water while he was inside a bar with a woman drinking and doing lines of cocaine. The kids were spotted by a stranger on Friday in 80-degree weather, leading to the Cicero, Illinois’ dad’s arrest
The two boys are fine now, and were treated for dehydration. Oruzco was charged with two counts of reckless conduct and child endangerment. He was being held on $250,000 bail by Judge Adam Bourgeois, notes

According to the Houston Chronicle, “33 American kids died from hyperthermia when left in hot cars in 2011, while so far this year seven have died. And about half were forgotten by caregivers. From 1998 to the present, 534 little ones have died when left in a hot car, for an average of 38 such deaths per year.”