The case of Madalena, aged 10 months, who died on Tuesday after her father forgot her in a car in the parking lot of the Faculty of Science and Technology in Monte de Caparica, Almada, is not a unique case.
In May 2021, the country was shocked by the tragic death of two-year-old Maria Pilar, who was left behind by her mother in a car in central Lisbon. The 40-year-old manager left home in the morning to leave her three children at kindergarten, but left only her older brothers, who were five and seven years old at the time. The baby, who was in a car seat behind the driver’s seat, was forgotten when the mother returned home, where she was working remotely. An employee warned the woman that the girl was not in kindergarten.
A few years earlier, in March 2009, João, a 9-month-old child, was also forgotten by his father, a computer programmer, locked in a car in Aveiro. The boy was supposed to be taken to a nursery, four meters from his father’s workplace, but this did not happen. The baby was asleep in the back seat and the warning was only issued when a daycare employee thought it was strange that the child was late. In May 2005, a 19-month-old boy died in Montijo. spend two hours in the sun in the car. He was taken to hospital, but did not survive. Apparently, a misunderstanding between family members about who was supposed to pick up the baby had a fatal outcome for the boy, who was forgotten in the car.
He was taken to hospital, but did not survive. Apparently, a misunderstanding between family members about who was supposed to pick up the baby had a fatal outcome for the baby. A year earlier, Renato, just four months old, had died of suffocation in his mother’s van. The woman left her baby sleeping in the van while she removed goods from a two-seater Ford Courier. After five minutes, he asked the maid to go and check on the baby because he wanted to breastfeed him. Approaching the car, she found a cradle on the floor. He quickly returned to the store to get the keys. Having opened the car, he realized that the child was no longer showing signs of life.
In May 2021, the country was shocked by the tragic death of two-year-old Maria Pilar, who was left behind by her mother in a car in central Lisbon. The 40-year-old manager left home in the morning to leave her three children at kindergarten, but left only her older brothers, who were five and seven years old at the time. The baby, who was in a car seat behind the driver’s seat, was forgotten when the mother returned home, where she was working remotely. An employee warned the woman that the girl was not in kindergarten.
A few years earlier, in March 2009, João, a 9-month-old child, was also forgotten by his father, a computer programmer, locked in a car in Aveiro. The boy was supposed to be taken to a nursery, four meters from his father’s workplace, but this did not happen. The baby was asleep in the back seat and the warning was only issued when a daycare employee thought it was strange that the child was late. In May 2005, a 19-month-old boy died in Montijo. spend two hours in the sun in the car. He was taken to hospital, but did not survive. Apparently, a misunderstanding between family members about who was supposed to pick up the baby had a fatal outcome for the boy, who was forgotten in the car.
He was taken to hospital, but did not survive. Apparently, a misunderstanding between family members about who was supposed to pick up the baby had a fatal outcome for the baby. A year earlier, Renato, just four months old, had died of suffocation in his mother’s van. The woman left her baby sleeping in the van while she removed goods from a two-seater Ford Courier. After five minutes, he asked the maid to go and check on the baby because he wanted to breastfeed him. Approaching the car, she found a cradle on the floor. He quickly returned to the store to get the keys. Having opened the car, he realized that the child was no longer showing signs of life.