An arrest warrant released Wednesday reveals more information about a father arrested after allegedly leaving his 6-month-old daughter in a hot car, causing her death.
According to the warrant issued for Michael Thedford, the Melissa father told investigators that he took his 5-year-old and 3-year-old children to daycare at about 9 a.m. Tuesday. He stated the youngest child, named Fern according to her grandfather, wasn’t going to daycare that day because she had a virus and was running a fever.
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When he went home, Thedford says he forgot the baby was in the car and went inside the house to take a nap.
The warrant states that when he woke up around 1 p.m., roughly four hours later, he said he discovered the baby was in the car and ran outside. He found her unresponsive and took her into the house…
