Posted by talks2much (anonymous) on June 29, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Has this woman lost her mind? Someone should put her in the car and leave her. She should be thankul her child is okay.

Posted by INI (Rob Mello) on June 29, 2009 at 6:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

From what I gather from the article, I'm positive she couldn't care on whit about the baby... sad.

Posted by diamondgirl (anonymous) on June 29, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Thatwoman deserves to serve some time in prison for what she has done. No child deserves that but especially not an infant like that. That is completely sad and a SORRY EXCUSE for a MOTHER!!!!

Posted by RevJames (anonymous) on June 30, 2009 at 7:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sad, and encouraging at the same time. Thank you to the bystanders that cared enough to take notice of the baby. Thank you to the sheriff that took action and saved that baby. Thank you to whoever called the police. God bless you all. I am glad to see that not everyone in the world chooses to "not get involved". There are still good people out there.

Posted by BF2C1 (anonymous) on June 30, 2009 at 8:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

This may be her 'first offence' that the DA was talking about diamondgirl. This would fall into the non-violent category and she would not get any 'real jail time'.
The grim reaper takes locked-up children in parking lots all across America all the time. Apparently many do not learn from these horrible and deadly mistakes.
It will happen again.

Posted by dixiegirl5600 (anonymous) on June 30, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.

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Posted by thegreatgildersleeve (anonymous) on June 30, 2009 at 9:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What is wrong with some people. When I went anywhere and got out of the car, my reaching for my daughter (an only child) was as natural a reflex to me as reaching for the car keys in the ignition.

I never left my daughter in the car EVEN WHEN SOMEONE ELSE STILL REMAINED BEHIND. SHE WAS ALWAYS WITH ME.

Posted by drillsgt (anonymous) on July 1, 2009 at 7:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I have a suggestion for the judge on this one. First, take all of her children from her because she is obviously a danger to them. This will probably not happen because they are probably her main source of income. Second, I am currently in Iraq where the temperature gets to around 130 degrees, bring her here and i will drop her off in the middle of the desert and we will see if she enjoys the heat as much as her child.

Posted by no1sbznes (anonymous) on July 1, 2009 at 4:23 p.m.

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Posted by BF2C1 (anonymous) on July 1, 2009 at 4:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Guess what? Some children may have been left in a car at WalMart again this afternoon (Wednesday). I do not know much about this. The Greenville Advocate is aware and sent a reporter to check things out. Maybe they can enlighten us.

Posted by ALwillalwaysBhome (anonymous) on July 1, 2009 at 6:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I understand your outrage. A child’s life is precious and should never be put in danger.

But sometimes there are things not known by everyone. And while that may not make it right, if known, it could explain how this could have happened. How a mother who has always been praised for how caring and careful she is, could have done something that seems so unexplainable.

We don't always have the whole story before we condemn.

From what I remember and what I have been told (and I realize that is just peoples opinion) this woman and her entire family are known for helping many in the community. From donating items to those in need, to collecting items for families, holding fundraisers, and lately a car show to raise money to help others.

Before we condemn her, let’s pray for her, her children, her family, and the people who will be looking into this. Pray that the truth comes out – TO THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW – and that the rest of us are willing to let the authorities and God judge and decide what needs to be done! We all have things in our lives we are ashamed of or wish we could change. God forgives and he tells us to also.

So let’s all spend time on our knees for them and offer a helping hand or at least a closed mouth. We will all be better for it.

Posted by bamagirl07 (anonymous) on July 2, 2009 at 12:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Just because someone does great things for the community doesn't always mean one is a great person! There are SO many people who go to church and claim they are god fearing people, yet some are the biggest hippocrits you will ever see! One behavior on sunday and by monday they are gossiping, drinking, smoking, and cussing. So I don't care what this woman OR her family may have done for the community.....her actions were WRONG! You do not leave a child in a car ANY time! Especially when the heat index is like 110 degrees! Ridiculous! Unless she is mentally unfit (in which case shouldn't have been allowed to HAVE children) there is absolutely NO excuse!

Posted by BF2C1 (anonymous) on July 2, 2009 at 1:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Bamagirl07, I could not have said it any better. I am with you 110 degrees, I mean 110%.
HIGH FIVE!!!

Posted by riverrin (anonymous) on July 2, 2009 at 5:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Bf2 we finally agree on something. I have a house full of children and no matter how hard it was to go to the store with them, I always brought them in with me and bless their hearts, sometimes I got out earlier because people moved aside so I'd get them out of the store. There is no excuse for such an action. Thank goodness the child was found in time.

Posted by BF2C1 (anonymous) on July 2, 2009 at 6:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

We all know that someone, either a child or a feeble elderly individual, is going to get left in a hot car in the future. And we all know that many of the later models have a trunk release to allow small children to get out if locked in.
So how hard could it be to have a direct current motor driving a fan to start up when temperatures inside a vehicle gets to high, and thus drawing in fresh and cooler air?
This is not rocket science. Motion detectors are as cheap as $ 20.00. Tie this into a off switch relay and the car manufaturers could save lives. A device similar to this would probably be about the same price as an air bag unit.
Remember many cars and trucks have electric fans that operate after the engine is shut down to pull air through the radiator allowing cooling to continue. The answer to this problem may be easier by being inventive. Of course, there is the problem with older vehicles not having such a device. I could easily build one. Just thinking out loud.

Posted by BF2C1 (anonymous) on July 2, 2009 at 7:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I know the thermal detector was left out (they are cheap).

Posted by guest1 (anonymous) on July 3, 2009 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The motion detector/electric fans are a good idea, but I'm afraid some might use that as an excuse. I never thought I'd be saying this about a "baby in hot car" person cause usually I'm not exactly on their side...but in this case she honestly didn't know that her child was in the car. Her first response was...that's not my baby, my children are with my mom!..... And she "knew" that wasn't her baby...but, of course, in reality it was. She thought that someone got the baby out of the car when she dropped them off with her mom. I believe we ALL know that something similar could sooo easily happen to us if it hasn't already. Of course, it's better to alway check, just to make sure...but I think we have times when are absolutely sure of something that didn't happen. The baby didn't cry, but was asleep the entire ride to Greenville and why would you look in a car seat that was turned around when your child was at your mom's with the other children? I mean, you'd just dropped them all off, right? And the baby was with them, right? Thank God the AC was on in the car on the ride down and it took a little longer for the car to heat up or this could have turned out alot worse. Thank God that He was with the baby and the people around.
I took my oldest child out of the car once and then thought my husband got the youngest one out. I would have said, "that's not my child, my husband has her!" We were at home, but when I went to the car she was still in there sleeping away. I had a few choice words for my husband - lol, but isn't this basically the same thing? Just because it wasn't hot, or I wasn't in public and was at home, doesn't make it any different than what she did. Like I said, I never thought I'd be saying this about a "baby in hot car incident" but to know this person you would understand that this had to be an honest mistake.
God was looking after the entire family and I'll tell you the honest truth...all that she does for the community and for not only her children, but others, I don't think we could live without her! She's about as close to perfect as they get.

Posted by Dixiefried74 (anonymous) on July 7, 2009 at 6:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Thank you guest 1 on july 3...I totally agree with you...I happen to know this woman personaly and I know in my heart that she would NEVER do anything to harm her children or anyone elses child for that matter...She is one of the best moms I know...My love and prayers go out to her and her family...They are strong and I know they will push through this...
For all you out there who want to trash talk someone you dont even know.."GET A LIFE!!!!"

Posted by bamagirl07 (anonymous) on July 7, 2009 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Dixiefried, no one on here is TRASH talking this woman...no one said she was a crackhead or anything like that, just how irresponsible her actions were!! My gosh, when I drop my baby off somewhere its a NATURAL reflex to look back in my mirror! I also turn around to check to see if I may have forgotten anything (blanket, toy, etc). So that excuse is just plain pathetic. Don't go accusing everyone on here for "trash" talking when people are just stating the obvious.

Posted by antitwitterer (anonymous) on July 7, 2009 at 3:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I think this is a sad situation, and fortunately it was not any sadder. But about this motion detector fan. The potentially fatal factor would have been the temperature, and not the lack of oxygen. Having high temperature outside air blown in would have possibly lowered the temperature some but, would it have been enough. Probably not likely, unless the air flow was designed so that a displacement could occur. Before we get too deep into thermo dynamics and start designing louvered car windows, radiant seats, and such... let's look at some simple solutions. Walmart should provide for the security on its property; whether through policies directing its own employees to police parking lots, or by allowing those "real" police to make routine checks. The problem is that cars at Walmart come and go with great frequency, and it becomes a full time job for someone or sometwo people, and yes that does cost money. Even more a concern than the resource cost is the cost of accepting liability when something goes wrong. In other words if Walmart has someone to make sure kids are not left in a car, ultimately if something goes wrong who is responsible when they are. We therefore find that Walmart nor the local police department is willing to accept any liability. We have now in the simplest of solutions a corporation acting irresponsibly, and a civil servant offering another excuse for not serving in the manner that they are expected to. You may be asking where the simple solution in that is and so here it is. We need a "no" motion detector that detects avarice (form of greed) and indolence (form of lazy) and that pulls each through a set of rapidly revolving blades propelling the pieces outward across the parking lot...(I digress) to remind us that we should always be better than them.

Posted by BF2C1 (anonymous) on July 7, 2009 at 4:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I do not recall anyone thanking the 'responsible officer and caring individuals' for quick thinking. You are almost certain to have saved a poor little child's life whether the mother was a role model or not. And I think that it is about time to end these comments. There may be others out there waiting to be saved. Stay alert and save the innocent.