[DiamondSmiles]

Dallas Fire-Rescue and Dallas Police are investigating the death of a child left in a van outside a day care in Dallas.

Dallas Fire-Rescue said it received the call to just before 5:15 p.m. Friday.

Dallas police say the call came from Little T's Tiny Tot Daycare in the 2200 block of South Buckner Boulevard which is near Cordell Drive.

The child was given CPR as he was transported to Baylor Hospital, Dallas police said, but doctors there pronounced him dead.

Family members have gathered at the hospital and identified the child as 3-year-old Benjamin Price. A grieving family member originally told NBC 5 Price was 4.

Dallas police Lt. Scott Walton said the little boy was left in the van outside the day care after a field trip. The high at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was 105 degrees Friday.

Family members tell NBC 5 the day care didn't realize Price was still asleep in the van until his grandmother came to pick him up.

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"There was no place you wouldn't know he was there. He made his presence known wherever he was. So for them to not know Benjamin was there – I just don't see how," said Benjamin’s God Mother Kawanea Hines.

Family member Kisha Allen said she wants answers from the day care where Price had been going for more than a year.

"You know, a kid lost his life because of stupidity. This isn't even a matter of negligence. It's stupidity," said Allen. "It could have been as simple as counting the children as they left the room and counting the children when they got off the bus. Something as simple as counting. You were taught that in kindergarten."

One of Benjamin's grandmothers said she knows the woman who owns the day care and although she has burning questions, she is choosing to forgive the employees.

"Well I can't hold her responsible because God has got this thing in control. It's God’s will, God's will," said Louria Washington. "The time that he gave us, the three years he gave us Benjamin, we just appreciate and thank God just for the three years."

When NBC 5 called the day care, the person who answered said "no comment" and hung up.

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"Well I can't hold her responsible because God has got this thing in control. It's God’s will, God's will," said Louria Washington. "The time that he gave us, the three years he gave us Benjamin, we just appreciate and thank God just for the three years."

Wow. Spoken like a true Christian.

Nothing is ever anybody's fault, huh. That's so cool.

[Shawna]

That poor little guy.

I wouldn't be taking it so well if that was my kid.

[r0tten]

Yeah, it was Gods will for that baby to die. Because he totally would have died that day anyway had some total asshat not left him to boil in a car. Oh wait, no he wouldn't. For fuck sake people, it's ok to get mad at people who cause the death of a loved one. It's normal, it's expected.

People are never going to fucking learn are they? I wonder how many of these cases are malicious in intent and how many are just plain fucking stupid people being lazy?

[DiamondSmiles]

I'm going to go with stupid and lazy. You would think they would do a head count.

I would definitely hold the lazy, stupid person responsible!

Unless, the mother didn't really want him. He was a cute little man. Rest in Peace, little one <3

[juliemd]

oh if its god's will, so that means "God's will" tells me that you should go beat the ever living shit out of those people because they are the dumbest people alive. if you run a daycare YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THE KIDS!!

[k_dub]

For fuck sake is it so hard to put the air conditioner on? Or wind down the damn window ... I can't even

[LERK]

diamondsmiles you always seem to dig up these incredibly sad stories. I'm sure it is as easy as picking up the daily paper. Shit just makes me sad

[Shawna]

She comes up with some sad ones, that's for sure.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by fletch541 ↗

diamondsmiles you always seem to dig up these incredibly sad stories. I'm sure it is as easy as picking up the daily paper. Shit just makes me sad

They find me, fletch. A few people have asked me where I find them and it really is just that easy. msn is my homepage and IP and I never miss the news, (most of the time)! I guess I have good peripheral vision, too, because I see things out of the corner of my eye ;)

This type of story pisses me off BIG time! I know of women who would have given anything for a baby and when I read and hear the heinous things people do to the little ones, I want to put a steel tipped boot up each of their asses!

And, a lot of things I learned on here would be good, too! This case was a caregiver, who was paid to care for this child! She should have been more attentive! It's her job!