Florida couple arrested after child’s ‘torturous death’ in car seat overnight

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Florida couple has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child after police said the husband and wife left their toddler in a car overnight following a 4 July celebration. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Independent, Ms Rondon remarked that the toddler was sleeping and was “so quiet” that she told her husband that “she forgot the victim was in the back seat during the drive home.” While unloading the car, Mrs Rondon told her husband to bring the 18-month-old toddler inside the house while she brought in the two other kids. Mr Rondon noticed that one of the car doors was open at the time he went inside; when he returned, all of the doors were closed, so he assumed his wife brought the toddler inside. During a recorded interview at the hospital, according to the affidavit, Mr Rondon said “the incident was his fault because he did not take the victim out of the car when Jazmine asked him to.” Ms Rondon said “she felt guilty” about the sequence of events and “she should have checked on the victim.” The parents were given drug screens later that day.