Father Charged After Baby Dies In Hot Car

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Some disturbing news from Chattanooga police about the death of a 15-month-old boy left in a sweltering car.

Officers said the boy set off a motion detector alarm several times before the father charged in the death turned the alarm off remotely from his nearby office.

Robert Reid is charged with criminally negligent homicide and aggravated child abuse and neglect in the boy's death.

He was released on a $15,000 bond pending a May 23 court hearing.

Police said the child was unresponsive when discovered about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday in a car seat in the father's BMW M5 sedan parked outside the business owned by his parents.

Officers said the boy was overlooked when Reid drove him with three other children to school.

The outside temperature Tuesday reached 89 degrees.

Chattanooga fire officials performed thermal imaging of the car and the test showed the temperature inside was 142 degrees.