To watch a movie... Teen Mom Shocked to Leave 2-Year-Old Daughter in Steamer Car
Jul 23, 2025
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According to the New York Post and other U.S. media, 18-year-old Tripura Merix, who lives in Lake City, Utah, on the 13th (local time), was watching an animated film 'Smurf' when her two-year-old daughter continued to cry.
Far from appeasing her daughter, she left her child alone in her SUV, which she had parked in the parking lot to watch the movie again.
At that time, the temperature in Utah was 34 degrees Celsius and the wind chill was close to 42 degrees Celsius.
Lake City police said officers who were called to the scene broke the window of the vehicle and rescued it, and the child was crying in pain, sweating profusely.
At the time of the incident, Merix was watching a movie with his younger siblings, and even after the police rescued the child from the vehicle, he came out of the theater and stood casually next to the vehicle as if it were nothing serious," the officer said.
Merricks first forgot the child for a moment", but the witnesses testified differently. Witnesses stated that Merix intentionally left the child in the vehicle and sent his brother and sister to check the condition of the child during the movie.
Merix was currently arrested and held in a detention center on charges of neglecting a child, which is a felony. The child was in a life-threatening situation, but fortunately, he is recovering his health after emergency rescue, the family said.
Meanwhile, according to local authorities, at least 15 children in the United States have died this year alone after being left in hot vehicles, and an average of 37 children under the age of 15 die for this reason annually.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
