Boy, 2, found dead inside van parked outside nursery in sweltering 33C heat

A TWO-year-old boy was found dead yesterday inside a van parked outside a Florida day care centre in searing 33C heat, police said. Employees at the child care facility in Oakland Park, Fort Lauderdale found Noah Sneed’s body inside the white Ford around 3.30 pm local time, Broward County Sheriff’s office said. It is unclear […]

A TWO-year-old boy was found dead yesterday inside a van parked outside a Florida day care centre in searing 33C heat, police said.

Employees at the child care facility in Oakland Park, Fort Lauderdale found Noah Sneed’s body inside the white Ford around 3.30 pm local time, Broward County Sheriff’s office said.

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Two-year-old Noah was found dead in a van in Florida in 33C heat[/caption]

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The van the child was found in was parked outside a child care facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida[/caption]

It is unclear if the sweltering summer heat caused the child’s death, authorities said.

The vehicle had a sign attached to it with the name of the day care, Ceressa’s Enrichment and Empowerment Academy, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

“We know that at some time earlier today the boy was transported to this facility inside that van,” Broward County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion told reporters.

“At this point, we don’t know how the boy came to be left in that van.”

The hot temperature could have played a role in the child’s death, investigators told WSVN-TV.

An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.

Deputies said they have notified the tot’s parents.

Investigators are interviewing day care employees and other employees.

This comes after twin one-year-old babies were found dead in the Bronx Friday after being left behind in a vehicle by their dad.

Juan Rodriguez, 39, was charged with two counts each of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of his toddlers, Phoenix and Luna.

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It is unclear whether the toddler died because of the searing heat[/caption]

A version of this story originally appeared in The New York Post.

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