Hot car death: Dad arrested after leaving baby in his pickup for hours while getting a haircut and drinking in local bar

(Hanky Panky’s Lounge, Ormond Beach, Image credit: Google Maps)

On June 19 in Florida, deputies with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Ormond Beach Police Department arrested a 33-year-old dad, Scott Allen Gardner, on charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm. 

Deputies say that Gardner is responsible for the death of his 18-month-old son Sebastian, who was left helpless in a hot truck for more than 3 hours on the afternoon of Friday, June 6, while Gardner got a haircut and then went drinking inside Hanky Panky’s Lounge.

During the investigation, Gardner gave multiple false accounts of what occurred that day. The Volusia Sheriff’s Office posted a video of Gardner being taken into custody.

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It was estimated by medical personnel that Sebastian’s body temperature reached 111 degrees during this tragedy.  The recorded high temperature for Ormond Beach on Friday, June 6, was 92 degrees, according to Fox 35 News in Orlando.  The same OBPD officer who tried to revive Sebastian placed Gardner in handcuffs yesterday as he was taken into custody at his mother’s home in Ormond Beach.

For more on this tragic story, see the video accompanying this article.

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(Source and Scott Allen Gardner mugshot: Volusia Sheriff’s Office)

Posted by Richard Webster, Ace News Today
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