PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner determined that the death of a 2-year-old boy left in a hot car in south Phoenix in July was accidental.
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The report provides more details about the day Marcelino Valdez was found unresponsive in the back seat.
Around 2 p.m. July 15, Marcelino’s father parked in the driveway of their home near Baseline Road and 24th Street.
The father brought four of the boy’s siblings inside, forgetting Marcelino in the car, according to the report. The father realized around 6:30 p.m. that Marcelino was still in the car.
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The high temperature that day reached 108 degrees.
Marcelino was found unconscious in his car seat, and his body temperature was 107 degrees, the report said.
Police said foul play is not suspected.
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