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  • Game Of Thrones Reminds Man He Left Baby in Hot Car

    A Wichita, Kansas man was charged with first-degree murder after leaving his 10-month-old foster daughter locked inside a car for roughly two hours while he smoked weed and watched televison on July 24.

    According to a police affidavit released Monday, Seth Jackson, 29, left the infant in his car after picking her up from a sitter. Jackson had been out taking a different five-year-old foster child to a doctor’s appointment, and grabbed a pizza on the way back.

    Jackson’s partner told police that the two smoked weed and ate the pizza, while watching one and a half episodes of Game of Thrones. At some point, a baby crying in an episode reminded Jackson that he left the child in the sweltering car, and both men rushed outside.

    According to Wichita police detective Ryan Schomaker, Jackson carried the girl into the house, and tried to perform CPR on her, but her body was stiff and he couldn’t get her mouth to open. Jackson called 911, and repeatedly said, “I left her in the car, she’s dead, she’s dead.” Firefighters arrived but were unsuccessful in reviving the child.

    Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett revealed that although the cause of death was hyperthermia, Jackson was charged first-degree murder because the child died during the commission of an inherently dangerous felony, aggravated endangering of a child. The case is not charged as intentional murder.

    Prosecutors do agree the circumstances are entirely different in Jackson’s case than that of the Justin Ross Harris case in Georgia. Harris has been accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son in a hot SUV, while cheating on his wife.

    In 2014, there have so far been 18 heatstoke deaths due to children being left in hot cars.

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  • Infant Found Alive in a Tote Bag 250 Miles Away From Home

    An Iowa police chief found a 6-day-old baby boy Friday who was abducted Thursday morning from his cradle in a Wisconsin home.

    Kayden Powell was found 250 miles away from home outside a gas station in West Branch, Iowa.

    Forty police officers were dispatched to a 911 call in search of the infant.

    FBI agent G.B. Jones reported that the baby’s cries led police officers to the exact location during the search.

    “Our efforts are clearly focused on reuniting mother and child and the rest of the family members with the child. That’s the immediate focus. In fact, we’re taking steps right now to make sure that happens,” Jones said after finding the baby in a plastic storage bin amid the frigid winter temperatures.(image)

    The mother, 18-year-old Brianna Marshall of Beloit, Wis., woke up around 4:30 a.m. to find her baby boy missing.

    Police officers said that Marshall and the baby’s father Bruce Powell, 23, were staying at the house at the time of the infant’s disappearance. Marshall’s alleged stepsister, Kristin Smith, was also at the house, but left around 1:30 a.m. to travel back to Colorado where she lives.

    Family members, including Kayden’s parents, were questioned and said to be cooperating with authorities.

    Beloit Police Chief Steven Kopp said that because there was no forced entry, the disappearance raised even more questions.

    Unrelated charges were brought against Smith Friday afternoon for warrants based out in Texas.

    Smith, 31, was arrested outside of the same gas station where Kayden was found and was initially said to be a “person of interest.”

    According to the Daily Mail, she reported to police officers that she was the half-sister of Marshall and that both had discussed moving to Colorado, along with Powell, following Kayden’s birth.

    Smith is currently being held in an Iowa jail and now faces up to life in prison if convicted of kidnapping.

    Kayden was reported to be in perfect health and has been reunited with his family.

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  • Infant Motrin Recall For 200,000 Bottles

    Nearly 200,000 bottles of Concentrated Motrin Infants’ Drops have been recalled due to plastic particles. According to the Motrin website, the medicine is used to reduce fever as well as relieve minor aches and pains related to the multiple ailments such as the common cold, flu, toothaches, headaches, and a sore throat.

    Johnson & Johnson released an announcement on behalf of McNeil Consumer Healthcare that included the following:

    McNeil Consumer Healthcare is initiating this voluntary recall because some of these products may not meet required quality standards. This recall is not being undertaken on the basis of adverse medical events. However, as a precautionary measure, parents and caregivers should not administer these products to their children. Some of the products included in the recall may contain a higher concentration of active ingredient than is specified; others may contain inactive ingredients that may not meet internal testing requirements; and others may contain tiny particles. While the potential for serious medical events is remote, the company advises consumers who have purchased these recalled products to discontinue use.

    The company is conducting a comprehensive quality assessment across its manufacturing operations and has identified corrective actions that will be implemented before new manufacturing is initiated at the plant where the recalled products were made.

    It has been advised that consumers who have specific questions about the recall direct these inquiries to the company by contacting a representative through 1-877-414-7709.

    McNeil Consumer Healthcare announced the recall last month, which included three lot numbers. These are the recalled lot numbers DCB3T01, DDB4R01, and DDB4S01.

    While parents are concerned about the ramifications for their children, the company released the following statement, “The potential for adverse medical events related to the reason for this recall is not likely.”

    The following video shows the news about the recall.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXHc-nbNzVo

    [Image Via Motrin]