Texas father believes mother should not be prosecuted after a 5-year-old child dies in a hot car

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The father of aTexas 5-year-old, who died after being left in a hot car for a couple of hours on Monday, thinks her mother should be held criminally liable. Is not ... incident.

An officer at the Harris County Sheriff's Office answered a call from block 13700 in Blair Hill Lane, Houston, Texas, and noticed that a five-year-old child was unresponsive.

According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the mother and her 8-year-old daughter walked through the house, and after a few hours her mother noticed that she had no 5-year-old daughter. I did. During.

"Mom realized that she couldn't find her five-year-old child anywhere and started calling him without an answer. She desperately went out and the five-year-old child was still there. I found myself sitting in a child seat, "Gonzales said.

A five-year-old Texas boy died after being left in a hot car for hours, thought his mother was in the house, police officers

Investigators in Harris County, Texas Standing near a car with a 5-year-old boy. Officials said Monday that the boy was found dead after being left at high temperatures for several hours. (Fox Houston)

According to the National Weather Service, temperatures in the Houston area reached a record high of 102 degrees Celsius on Monday, breaking records. Fox 26 reports, and if the temperature is 100 degrees, the temperature inside a closed car can reach 143 degrees within 60 minutes.

Gary Brock, a lawyer for his father Steve Means, told the Daily Mail that Steve didn't want to see his mother Amanda Means charged with criminal charges.

"Steve is a standing man. He is in tears. He is by his side, but the last thing he wants is Amanda'scriminal punishment. It'sto receive. She's already experienced enough, "Brock said. "He knows she's a mother no matter what happens and isn't deliberately doing anything. What he wants to do now is make sure his daughter is okay and everyone can start healing. All you have to do is. "

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Gonzales also said that the child had the ability to unscrew himself, but the mother used a rental car.

"The child clearly had that ability, but was this a lender and it was a factor, or was the child sleeping and disoriented at the same high temperatures? I don't know. I don't know. It will be part of the investigation. "

Steve Means filed for divorce in January, but according to the report, Brock said the two simply fell in love. 

"There was no allegation that Amanda was an ineligible mother or was abused," Brock said. 

Reportedly Steve was landing in Florida when he heard what had happened.

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"Steve has to leave town for work He had to literally land in Florida when he received a call from Amanda. " "At first he wondered if she was joking or ironic. It took me a while to sink into the real thing. The poor guy had to go straight back to the plane. What can he repeat now? Is this my only son? "

Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.