Grandmother charged in death of Ontario toddler
Grandmother charged in death of Ontario toddler who was left in sweltering car
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casket of 2-year-old Maximus Huyskens is carried into Holy Rosary
Catholic Church in Milton, Ontario, July 3, 2013. The boy died last week
after being left in a hot car by his grandmother.
Police have arrested the grandmother of a Toronto-area toddler, who died last week after he was left unattended in a parked car.
Halton Regional Police said 23-month-old Maximus Huyskens was in the care of Leslie MacDonald, his maternal grandmother, at the time of his death.
Ms. MacDonald, 51, is charged with criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessities of life.
Funeral home staff in Milton, Ont., said the grandmother was not seen at a funeral for the boy on Wednesday.
At the funeral, Fr. Peter Tuyen Nguyen called the death a “freak
accident” — the most “profoundly sad” incident to strike his Holy Rosary
Catholic parish in Milton.
Kids and Cars, a non-profit child safety advocate, says an average of 38 children die in the U.S. each year after being left alone in cars. Based on the American statistics, Public Safety officials estimate an average of six deaths in Canada.
Temperatures reached 28 C in Milton last week, with temperatures inside the car rising to 50 C when the boy died.
But a Kids and Cars spokesperson said last week that the organization usually advocates for safety reform, not punishment.
“They live in an agonizing hell for the rest of their lives. It’s something you never forgive yourself for,” said Amber Rollins, who did not have intimate knowledge of the Milton case.
“No jail sentence or conviction is ever going to be more punishment than what they impose on themselves.”
While Det.-Sgt. John Mans said on Wednesday he could understand such a viewpoint, he also said the Halton Police homicide squad must remain “objective.”
The arrest is the second of its kind in the Toronto area in recent weeks.
Last Thursday, York Regional Police rescued a two-year-old girl from a car in a Markham parking lot. The child was taken to hospital as a precaution, and police arrested the mother and charged her with abandonment.
On Thursday, a two-year-old girl died in Toronto after she was left unattended in a bathtub. An Toronto Police investigation into the incident is underway.
In 2003, a Montreal father was charged with manslaughter after forgetting to drop his 23-month-old daughter at daycare and leaving his 23-month-old daughter in a vehicle for eight hours.
According to the Gazette, the manslaughter charge against Dominic Martin was eventually dropped after the Crown decided “there was no malice, no ill will, no intention…”
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Halton Regional Police said 23-month-old Maximus Huyskens was in the care of Leslie MacDonald, his maternal grandmother, at the time of his death.
Ms. MacDonald, 51, is charged with criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessities of life.
Funeral home staff in Milton, Ont., said the grandmother was not seen at a funeral for the boy on Wednesday.
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of Maximus Huyskens, the Milton toddler who died of heat exposure after
being left in a car while in the care of his grandmother.
Kids and Cars, a non-profit child safety advocate, says an average of 38 children die in the U.S. each year after being left alone in cars. Based on the American statistics, Public Safety officials estimate an average of six deaths in Canada.
Temperatures reached 28 C in Milton last week, with temperatures inside the car rising to 50 C when the boy died.
But a Kids and Cars spokesperson said last week that the organization usually advocates for safety reform, not punishment.
“They live in an agonizing hell for the rest of their lives. It’s something you never forgive yourself for,” said Amber Rollins, who did not have intimate knowledge of the Milton case.
“No jail sentence or conviction is ever going to be more punishment than what they impose on themselves.”
While Det.-Sgt. John Mans said on Wednesday he could understand such a viewpoint, he also said the Halton Police homicide squad must remain “objective.”
The arrest is the second of its kind in the Toronto area in recent weeks.
Last Thursday, York Regional Police rescued a two-year-old girl from a car in a Markham parking lot. The child was taken to hospital as a precaution, and police arrested the mother and charged her with abandonment.
On Thursday, a two-year-old girl died in Toronto after she was left unattended in a bathtub. An Toronto Police investigation into the incident is underway.
In 2003, a Montreal father was charged with manslaughter after forgetting to drop his 23-month-old daughter at daycare and leaving his 23-month-old daughter in a vehicle for eight hours.
According to the Gazette, the manslaughter charge against Dominic Martin was eventually dropped after the Crown decided “there was no malice, no ill will, no intention…”
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