--- description: A 1-year-old was found dead in a car parked outside of a Procter & Gamble in Mason, Ohio, late Wednesday afternoon title: 1-Year-Old Found Dead in a Parked Car Outside Mother's Job image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Ohio](/tag/ohio/) ## Ohio Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 1-Year-Old Found Dead in a Parked Car Outside Her Mother's Job by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 24, 2017 12:05 PM CUT by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 24, 2017 12:05 PM CUT A 1-year-old was found dead in a car parked outside of a Procter & Gamble in Mason, [Ohio](http://www.thedrive.com/emergency/13629/ohio-police-officers-save-suicidal-man-in-dramatic-bridge-rescue "undefined"), late Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said they believe the child was left the backseat of the car while her mother worked at the Procter & Gamble inside, meaning the little girl may have been there from 7:30 or 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., [according to WLWT, ](http://www.wlwt.com/article/coroner-child-found-dead-in-vehicle-in-mason-p-g-parking-lot/12065819 "undefined")a local NBC affiliate station. The mother found the child dead inside the car at around 5 p.m. This would be the first death due to a [child being left in a hot car](http://time.com/4517070/cooper-harris-hot-car-baby-death-trial-georgia/ "undefined") in the Ohio town, the NBC station reported. However, the Warren County coroner’s Office told the station they have yet to make an official statement on the cause of death. “It’s too early for me to say that. On appearances it would be, but it’s way to early in the investigation for me to make a determination as to that,” Doyle Burke, the Coroner’s Office chief investigator, told the network. An [autopsy](http://time.com/4556764/kevin-turner-football-cte-nfl/ "undefined") is scheduled, WLWT said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4913758/mason-ohio-child-dead-hot-car/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4913758/mason-ohio-child-dead-hot-car/"},"headline":"1-Year-Old Found Dead in a Parked Car Outside Her Mother's Job","datePublished":"2017-08-24T12:05:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:08:43.749Z","description":"Authorities say the mother may have been working inside","url":"https://time.com/4913758/mason-ohio-child-dead-hot-car/","keywords":["Ohio","Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ohio/","name":"Ohio"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4913758/mason-ohio-child-dead-hot-car/","name":"1-Year-Old Found Dead in a Parked Car Outside Her Mother's Job"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: A Mother Reflects on a Fatal Error","description":"Who’s at Fault When a Child Dies in a Hot Car?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/YUx3XDRm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-31T21:13:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/YUx3XDRm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4913758/mason-ohio-child-dead-hot-car/","duration":"PT3M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4913758/mason-ohio-child-dead-hot-car/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```