“During the initial investigation, detectives found inconsistent information provided by the father,” Chief Goodwin writes. When investigators “confronted” Parrot with the inconsistencies in his story, police say he told them what happened. “The child died after being left in the car unattended for approximately 5 hours, with an outside temperature of 87 degrees,” according to Goodwin. “During the interview it appears that it was not a matter of him forgetting the child, but a deliberate act so that the child would not be disturbed while at home.” Parrot faces charges of murder, two counts of child endangerment and involuntary manslaughter, police said in the Facebook post. He is being held in the Tuscarawas County Jail on a $250,000 bond. He was booked Friday afternoon, according to the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s website. CNN could not determine whether Parrot has an attorney. In recent years, the number of children dying from being in a hot car has increased. There have been at least 929 child heatstroke deaths from vehicles since 1998, according to Jan Null, meteorologist and founder of noheatstroke.org. Of those deaths, 53% were because someone left a child in a car. In 2018 and 2019, a record 53 children died each year from being in a hot car, according to the National Safety Council. According to noheatstroke.org, there have been 22 car deaths so far in 2022.
