“ I find this story very hard to believe. Somebody whose job involves being responsible for children on a daily basis, forgets about a child in her own car. Hamokom Yenachem the parents and the family. ”

“ Hate to say it, and please be gentle with me for saying it. Just think about it. The kid was probably belted in a car seat. The woman would not have forgotten about the kid if he was just in a regular seat belt. For years we had our kids in regular seat belts and it was fine. I am convinced that car seats are responsible for a lot of these deaths. There are no statistics comparing seat belts versus car seats.. but let's think about it.... ”

“ Hate to say it, and please be gentle with me for saying it. Just think about it. The kid was probably belted in a car seat. The woman would not have forgotten about the kid if he was just in a regular seat belt. For years we had our kids in regular seat belts and it was fine. I am convinced that car seats are responsible for a lot of these deaths. There are no statistics comparing seat belts versus car seats.. but let's think about it.... ”

“ Hate to say it, and please be gentle with me for saying it. Just think about it. The kid was probably belted in a car seat. The woman would not have forgotten about the kid if he was just in a regular seat belt. For years we had our kids in regular seat belts and it was fine. I am convinced that car seats are responsible for a lot of these deaths. There are no statistics comparing seat belts versus car seats.. but let's think about it.... ”

“ Hate to say it, and please be gentle with me for saying it. Just think about it. The kid was probably belted in a car seat. The woman would not have forgotten about the kid if he was just in a regular seat belt. For years we had our kids in regular seat belts and it was fine. I am convinced that car seats are responsible for a lot of these deaths. There are no statistics comparing seat belts versus car seats.. but let's think about it.... ”

“ That's just horrible. To the authors of comments 1 and 2, your comments are extremely thoughtless. If the child fell asleep and she did not regularly take him with her, I can see how this happened. I imagine she is suffering as much as the family who lost the child. This is tragic for all involved. ”

“ I can understand leaving the groceries in the back of a car or forgetting to bring in your briefcase from work but a child?? ”

“ Now adays when people run after things they don't need with money they don't have to please people they don't like. This was for sure an accident hashem yerachem. ”

“ Hate to say it, and please be gentle with me for saying it. Just think about it. The kid was probably belted in a car seat. The woman would not have forgotten about the kid if he was just in a regular seat belt. For years we had our kids in regular seat belts and it was fine. I am convinced that car seats are responsible for a lot of these deaths. There are no statistics comparing seat belts versus car seats.. but let's think about it.... ”

“ your an idiot. seatbelts are designed for bigger bodies and not toddlers or babies. what does a carseat have to do with leaving a child in a car? if you are suggesting we should place our children in the front passenger seat your brain is severely depleted of common sense because airbags can and have and do kill babies in the front seat. there is a reason for car seats: they save lives. there are people whose sole job is to ensure the safety of babies and toddlers in cars and they know what their doing and you dont. keep your factless, baseless, useless, senseless, sickening opinion to yourself next time. ”

“ This was clearly negligence, and some would call it criminal negligence. There is simply no valid excuse for this--even if it has happened before, in other communities.
It may have been a gezeira from Shamayim, but b'dinei matah this person was negligent.

When one has a child in the back seat, it's a good idea to keep the windows open, just in case the electrical system goes. Talking to a child is also a good idea.

It's also a good idea to have a system wherein kids are counted at the day care system.


”

“ You call the bloggers (people expressing an honest opinion) thoughtless, but the woman who left a helpless innocent creature to die a horrible death, she you don't call thoughtless. It clearly said in the article that the woman carpooled the child 3x per week and yet you make every excuse for her and don't call HER thoughtless, chas v'shalom! But the bloggers, people who don't go around leaving kids strapped in hot cars, they you call thoughtless. Lady, you are exactly what is WRONG with today's frum society. We have our values so out of alignment with reality that we are making ourselves look like fools, idiots and, in the worst cases, outright criminals, to society at large. So what if the child fell asleep, what does that change? Are you saying the child caused his own death by falling asleep? What child doesn't fall asleep in a car? And then you say, "I can see how this happened". Really? Are you in the habit of leaving your kids strapped in a hot car for 6 hours straight? You can really justify this level of negligence? And you call the bloggers insensitive and thoughtless? Who is really thoughtless here, Lady? ”

“ I find this story very hard to believe. Somebody whose job involves being responsible for children on a daily basis, forgets about a child in her own car. Hamokom Yenachem the parents and the family. ”

“ You call the bloggers (people expressing an honest opinion) thoughtless, but the woman who left a helpless innocent creature to die a horrible death, she you don't call thoughtless. It clearly said in the article that the woman carpooled the child 3x per week and yet you make every excuse for her and don't call HER thoughtless, chas v'shalom! But the bloggers, people who don't go around leaving kids strapped in hot cars, they you call thoughtless. Lady, you are exactly what is WRONG with today's frum society. We have our values so out of alignment with reality that we are making ourselves look like fools, idiots and, in the worst cases, outright criminals, to society at large. So what if the child fell asleep, what does that change? Are you saying the child caused his own death by falling asleep? What child doesn't fall asleep in a car? And then you say, "I can see how this happened". Really? Are you in the habit of leaving your kids strapped in a hot car for 6 hours straight? You can really justify this level of negligence? And you call the bloggers insensitive and thoughtless? Who is really thoughtless here, Lady? ”

“ bd''e - just curious how thekid had an autopsy if he's jewish? ”

“ bd''e - just curious how thekid had an autopsy if he's jewish? ”

“ Nowadays these stories are unfortunately more common because we are all under lots of stress. We are all familiar with leaving all sorts of things all over the place. Leaving a cell phone behind in a store, forgetting what we need once we get to the store, etc. are all common occurrences.
We are forgetful because we have too much on our minds.
Years ago there were less cars, and less children going to day care at the age of 2 or under 2. Most people did not have cars 50 years ago. Even 30 years ago a car was still a luxury, not a necessity.
This is unfortunately a tragedy that could certainly happen to anyone. We need to hope and pray that it never happens to us, and to daven that Hashem should protect our children from all misfortunes.
When children grow up safely, we take that for granted. In reality, it is a miracle. ”

“ I dont see nor understand the correlation between car seats and forgetting your kid in the car please explain as we are all in the dark.... ”

“ This happened in lakewood many yrs ago...it could happen to anyone. R"l ”

“ I'm not suggesting but i do hope she has the sense for the best in her interest to resign from her post and do some job other than having a responsibility on kids. ”

“ You call the bloggers (people expressing an honest opinion) thoughtless, but the woman who left a helpless innocent creature to die a horrible death, she you don't call thoughtless. It clearly said in the article that the woman carpooled the child 3x per week and yet you make every excuse for her and don't call HER thoughtless, chas v'shalom! But the bloggers, people who don't go around leaving kids strapped in hot cars, they you call thoughtless. Lady, you are exactly what is WRONG with today's frum society. We have our values so out of alignment with reality that we are making ourselves look like fools, idiots and, in the worst cases, outright criminals, to society at large. So what if the child fell asleep, what does that change? Are you saying the child caused his own death by falling asleep? What child doesn't fall asleep in a car? And then you say, "I can see how this happened". Really? Are you in the habit of leaving your kids strapped in a hot car for 6 hours straight? You can really justify this level of negligence? And you call the bloggers insensitive and thoughtless? Who is really thoughtless here, Lady? ”

“ The problem is not the car seat itself but the new regulations that the car seat be in the back seat. When the child is in that position behind the driver, the driver can't see him and isn't interacting with him. It's even worse if the car seat is facing backwards, as is recommended. This makes it disturbingly easy for the child's presence to simply slip out of the driver's memory, and indeed the number of such cases has significantly increased since children were banished from the front seat (because of the danger from air bags, which are themselves mandated by law). ”

“ Please do not judge this poor mother, who will have to suffer the consequences of her mistake for the rest of her life. She did not do this on purpose. No doubt we've all done stupid things when we were really tired - thankfully none of us has had such a tragedy occur. Let's be grateful, not judgmental. ”

“ I dont see nor understand the correlation between car seats and forgetting your kid in the car please explain as we are all in the dark.... ”

“ The problem is not the car seat itself but the new regulations that the car seat be in the back seat. When the child is in that position behind the driver, the driver can't see him and isn't interacting with him. It's even worse if the car seat is facing backwards, as is recommended. This makes it disturbingly easy for the child's presence to simply slip out of the driver's memory, and indeed the number of such cases has significantly increased since children were banished from the front seat (because of the danger from air bags, which are themselves mandated by law). ”

“ That's just horrible. To the authors of comments 1 and 2, your comments are extremely thoughtless. If the child fell asleep and she did not regularly take him with her, I can see how this happened. I imagine she is suffering as much as the family who lost the child. This is tragic for all involved. ”

“ You call the bloggers (people expressing an honest opinion) thoughtless, but the woman who left a helpless innocent creature to die a horrible death, she you don't call thoughtless. It clearly said in the article that the woman carpooled the child 3x per week and yet you make every excuse for her and don't call HER thoughtless, chas v'shalom! But the bloggers, people who don't go around leaving kids strapped in hot cars, they you call thoughtless. Lady, you are exactly what is WRONG with today's frum society. We have our values so out of alignment with reality that we are making ourselves look like fools, idiots and, in the worst cases, outright criminals, to society at large. So what if the child fell asleep, what does that change? Are you saying the child caused his own death by falling asleep? What child doesn't fall asleep in a car? And then you say, "I can see how this happened". Really? Are you in the habit of leaving your kids strapped in a hot car for 6 hours straight? You can really justify this level of negligence? And you call the bloggers insensitive and thoughtless? Who is really thoughtless here, Lady? ”

“ Nowadays these stories are unfortunately more common because we are all under lots of stress. We are all familiar with leaving all sorts of things all over the place. Leaving a cell phone behind in a store, forgetting what we need once we get to the store, etc. are all common occurrences.
We are forgetful because we have too much on our minds.
Years ago there were less cars, and less children going to day care at the age of 2 or under 2. Most people did not have cars 50 years ago. Even 30 years ago a car was still a luxury, not a necessity.
This is unfortunately a tragedy that could certainly happen to anyone. We need to hope and pray that it never happens to us, and to daven that Hashem should protect our children from all misfortunes.
When children grow up safely, we take that for granted. In reality, it is a miracle. ”

“ True ,you have no idea what this women might have on her mind!!! Especially if the baby was quiet- I am a very attentive mother and my child was sleeping and I almost forgot!! ”

“ Hate to say it, and please be gentle with me for saying it. Just think about it. The kid was probably belted in a car seat. The woman would not have forgotten about the kid if he was just in a regular seat belt. For years we had our kids in regular seat belts and it was fine. I am convinced that car seats are responsible for a lot of these deaths. There are no statistics comparing seat belts versus car seats.. but let's think about it.... ”

“ Just talking to my daughter about this & she has a great suggestion. Anytime a baby/toddler is alone on the back seat, the driver should place a wallet/briefcase/purse next to the child. That way, once the driver tries to pay for something or needs to show ID, he/she will realize the kid is missing as well.

What a terrible tragedy! ”

“ Bd'e. What I don't understand is, this happens every year, why people don't learn from it ?
In addition why people WON'T FORGET to take out the ICE CREAM from the car but a precious child is forgotten ? ”

“ "The quality of prior parental care seems to be irrelevant," he said. "The important factors that keep showing up involve a combination of stress, emotion, lack of sleep and change in routine, where the basal ganglia is trying to do what it's supposed to do, and the conscious mind is too weakened to resist. What happens is that the memory circuits in a vulnerable hippocampus literally get overwritten, like with a computer program. Unless the memory circuit is rebooted -- such as if the child cries, or, you know, if the wife mentions the child in the back -- it can entirely disappear." ”

“ Sir, you seem very angry, and your anger is misplaced.

This story is a human tragedy, and a quick google search will confirm that such tragedies are not unique to frum people. Furthermore, you may notice that in many other cases (i.e., not the cases of frum people that we hear about) leaving the child behind was a willful decision, committed consciously by "thoughtless," people who wanted to go shopping, or fishing, or whatever, without a child tagging along. This is true "negligence."

All of us have experienced a momentary lapse of awareness; these are usually followed by a jolt of reflexive, shuddering relief that the tragedy that could have resulted, did not.

I am not this woman's apologist or defense attorney. It is unsettling that she did not notice the child's absence throughout the day, or even recall the child having been with her.

But your insistence that not only does this woman deserve blame, but is criminally negligent, and lacks appropriate values is way off base. It happens to be that this site attracts a ponderous number of inane, insensitive, and just plain stupid comments, for nearly every story of note. Whether or not this woman deserves such withering criticism, does not change the fact that this story has attracted a fair number of "thoughtless" comments written by "thoughtless" people; yours included. ”

“ You are 100% correct.

Rabbi Avigdor Miller z"l always used to say that when there was a tragedy of a child burned in a Chanuka fire or a child that fell out of the window, it wasn't a strange punishment from heaven that happened to the poor parents. In most cases, it was their criminal negligence for letting the child get too close to the fire or for not putting bars on the window.

The Jewish world at large has to accept on itself the responsibility of always being aware of the safety of little children. Forgiving these people is sending exactly the wrong message.

In my neighborhood, I see 2 and 3 year old children unsupervised near traffic. There is no excuse for this or for forgetting about a child for hours on end. ”

“ Sir, you seem very angry, and your anger is misplaced.

This story is a human tragedy, and a quick google search will confirm that such tragedies are not unique to frum people. Furthermore, you may notice that in many other cases (i.e., not the cases of frum people that we hear about) leaving the child behind was a willful decision, committed consciously by "thoughtless," people who wanted to go shopping, or fishing, or whatever, without a child tagging along. This is true "negligence."

All of us have experienced a momentary lapse of awareness; these are usually followed by a jolt of reflexive, shuddering relief that the tragedy that could have resulted, did not.

I am not this woman's apologist or defense attorney. It is unsettling that she did not notice the child's absence throughout the day, or even recall the child having been with her.

But your insistence that not only does this woman deserve blame, but is criminally negligent, and lacks appropriate values is way off base. It happens to be that this site attracts a ponderous number of inane, insensitive, and just plain stupid comments, for nearly every story of note. Whether or not this woman deserves such withering criticism, does not change the fact that this story has attracted a fair number of "thoughtless" comments written by "thoughtless" people; yours included. ”

“ #8 is right. She forgot because it wasn't a set routine that she ALWAYS did. Secondly, even if it was the routine but since it wasn't daily it is very easy to forget. No, you can't blame her. It is very very sad! Hashem should comfort them! ”

“ Sir, you seem very angry, and your anger is misplaced.

This story is a human tragedy, and a quick google search will confirm that such tragedies are not unique to frum people. Furthermore, you may notice that in many other cases (i.e., not the cases of frum people that we hear about) leaving the child behind was a willful decision, committed consciously by "thoughtless," people who wanted to go shopping, or fishing, or whatever, without a child tagging along. This is true "negligence."

All of us have experienced a momentary lapse of awareness; these are usually followed by a jolt of reflexive, shuddering relief that the tragedy that could have resulted, did not.

I am not this woman's apologist or defense attorney. It is unsettling that she did not notice the child's absence throughout the day, or even recall the child having been with her.

But your insistence that not only does this woman deserve blame, but is criminally negligent, and lacks appropriate values is way off base. It happens to be that this site attracts a ponderous number of inane, insensitive, and just plain stupid comments, for nearly every story of note. Whether or not this woman deserves such withering criticism, does not change the fact that this story has attracted a fair number of "thoughtless" comments written by "thoughtless" people; yours included. ”

“ Somebody left 2 dogs in a car in the UK and is facing a 6 month jail term and a fine of BP 20,000.00 for their "thoughtlessness" and "cruelty to animals" You have less rachmanus on a human child. You sir, are a monster. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196962/Police-dogs-die-left-car-temperature-soars-29C.html ”

“ It is terrible........The women shoud to be in jail for the deth of little boy. This boy may be fall a sleep in a morning and she forgot about him.... I just unbelivable...to forget baby in the car for 6 hours.. you can forget about 5-10 min. but not 6 hours. She needs to be in a jail for that. The kids in day care were plaing outside while this little boy was daing in a car, no water and no body could hear his scream and cry.....a horrible death.. This is a terrible tragedy to the family who lost this child. How this women can live her life after what happened and what if her child could be at the same situation. ”

“ Bd'e. What I don't understand is, this happens every year, why people don't learn from it ?
In addition why people WON'T FORGET to take out the ICE CREAM from the car but a precious child is forgotten ? ”

“ You're making no sense. What's the difference between forgetting for 5 or 10 minutes and 6 hours? Once you've forgotten, what is going to remind you? ”

“ This is not the time to be considerate to the person whose carelessness caused a murder. This is the time to raise awareness that there is no excuse to forget something that can lead to the death or severe injury of someone else.

Trying to excuse this is make it easier to happen again another time. People will never forget to do things that would prevent themselves from coming to severe embarrassment such as leaving off a major piece of clothing before going into the street. Safeguarding the life of a child is at least as important and no forgetfulness should be tolerated here. ”

“ Listen up fellows, this could happen to the best of us. and it actually happened to one of the best - to ME!
I took my then 2 year old daughter with me on a hot summer day car shopping. I was looking to buy a new car. The whole time that I was negotiating with the salesman, I felt that something wasn't right, something is missing. I couldn't figure out what that feeling was. I thought that maybe it was the weird salesman trying to convince me to buy that over sized overpriced car.
and then it hit me!
My wife sent me on "shlichus"... why was it so quiet in here? the whole way I was thinking how I would manage to look professional while running after my 2 year old.
I ran out to the car, and to my great luck and ezras hashem, I had hadn't closed the door well, so air came in to the car. my sweetie pie was smiling at me when she saw me but I was in no mood to be able to smile back. My heart was pumping faster than a galicianer after a nickel.
B"H it ended well, but guys - be careful. Close Michael Savage or whoever you are listening to and focus on what you gotta be doing. ”

“ the difference is very simple-if it was 5 or 10 minutes the child would still be alive.
when she went to take care of the other kids she should've realized this child wasnt in the classroom ”

“ That's just horrible. To the authors of comments 1 and 2, your comments are extremely thoughtless. If the child fell asleep and she did not regularly take him with her, I can see how this happened. I imagine she is suffering as much as the family who lost the child. This is tragic for all involved. ”

“ True ,you have no idea what this women might have on her mind!!! Especially if the baby was quiet- I am a very attentive mother and my child was sleeping and I almost forgot!! ”

“ I am an overprotective mother, never leave my children out sight for a second and I watch them in my own private completly closed backyard.
I once forgot my newborn in the car for over an hour. B"H it was in the winter and the baby slept thru it all. I was like you, quick to scream how irresponsible , careless and what not when this stories came out until it happen to me, and i can tell you one thing if it happened to me it can happen to anyone. i changed the way i look and judge people, till today I fear what could have happened that day many years ago. I had left some kids by my mom and took the baby with me, I was in a rush and went to the store, got what I needed and only realize I left the baby in the car when I was back in the car. again It was SO out of character for me.
talking about it with a friend she told me she left her 4 year old in the locked car for 3 hours but B"H it was parked under a tree and on a 70 degree weather that prevented it from getting too hot.
I am not saying it's ok, or it happens what I am saying is: even if you trust yourself to the fullest and think it would never happen to you, think again. because there are times when the imposible happens. I feel terribly sorry for all those involved in any type of negligent accident that results in death or injury of a child.Hashem should have rachmones on all our children. ”

“ She CAUSED A MURDER?

As much as I try to avoid insulting anyone no matter what they say or write to deserve the insult, you are pushing the limit.

I never call anyone names but if I'd be lost as to what to call you. Idiot? Moron? Lunatic? Retard?

Not that it matters, I never would call you any of those things, even though they all seem to fit equally well at the moment. ”

“ My sister nearly died in a car almost 18 years ago. We were in the country and when we arrived to the bungalow colony there was a fight among the kids - who would be first. We had visitors and assumed that my sister had gone to play with the kids. A little while later someone came to inquire where she is and we answered that she's playing with the kids. A few minutes passed and he again asked where she is. At this point I was sent to go look for her. I didn't find her playing with the kids so i retraced my steps. I found her in the car crying, her body hot and red.

She was placed in a bathtub with cold water - note: not too cold and definitely not freezing as this can shock the body. BH we caught her in the nick of time. Had this person not persisted CV the ending would have been the same as the story above. Hashem sent him as a shliuch to save her.

The most common causes of why a child is left in a car is:

1) Children fighting about getting out first, ultimately someone stays behind.

2) There are a few kids in the car and one of them fell asleep

3) Not the usual parent or guardian dropping the kid off at the babysitter or school.

Solutions for those that usually don't have kids in the car:

1) Have a baby bag up front so you see it and it reminds you of the kid in the back.

2) Put something that you will need next to the kid exp. briefcase, hat, jacket...

Remember a car can very quickly heat up.

”

“ I find this story very hard to believe. Somebody whose job involves being responsible for children on a daily basis, forgets about a child in her own car. Hamokom Yenachem the parents and the family. ”

“ What does the Torah call a Rotzeach Beshogeg?

The level of negligence of someone that leave a baby in a car to die is higher than what the Torah calls a Rotzeach, murderer.

Don't broadcast your ignorance when you call people names. ”

“ What does the Torah call a Rotzeach Beshogeg?

The level of negligence of someone that leave a baby in a car to die is higher than what the Torah calls a Rotzeach, murderer.

Don't broadcast your ignorance when you call people names. ”

“ REALLY???

Rotzai'ach beshogeg? Without having taken any action to cause the death?

Perhaps you might want to speak to a real moreh hora'ah before paskening on complicated issues.

As for calling names, you called this poor woman a rotzeches beshogaig without knowing anything more than you read in a short article in an unreliable mass media outlet.

Call and ask mechilla before yom kippur. ”

“ 1. Retzach beshogeg is manslaughter, not murder.

2. This is not shogeg, it's oness. Read this before you make any more pronouncements on the subject: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022701549.html?wpisrc=newsletter&sid=ST2009030602446 ”

“ Why don't you learn Masechtos Makos and come back and comment. Causing an unintentional death by gross negligence is at least as much rotzeiach beshogaig as falling off a ladder onto someone. ”

“ "1. Retzach beshogeg is manslaughter, not murder"

I'm sorry but the term Rotzayach means someone that kills someone else by their actions. It may be intentional, unintentional or totally out of their control. The Torah uses the exact same term, rotzayach, for intentional murder as for unintentional murder. This is no accident.

According to Torah law, one who committed unintentional murder is subject to being killed by the relatives of the victim unless they flee to a city of refuge. This clearly indicates that the Torah views this as a level of murder. The artificial distinction of manslaughter does not exist in Torah law.

The article that you provide the link for proves nothing. Although the stories are heart wrenching, forgetting something in the sun where it can be severely damaged is peshia even when it comes to physical objects and certainly when it comes to the life of innocent human beings.

If you lent a pair of tefillin to someone and they forgot them in the sun in the back of their car so that they became warped and ruined there is no question that this would be considered negligence and not ones. This is no different.

It's a tremendous rachmanus on the person who did this and she surely had no ill intent and she will no doubt suffer with this until the end of her life. However, we must have rachmonus on the poor children who are victims of this negligence and let people know that they need to do things to prevent this from happening to them.

There is altogether too much fatalism in many people's point of view that these things can't be avoided. The blood of these innocent children cries out for us to arouse the public for the need for greater care to avoid this and other tragedies. ”

“ "1. Retzach beshogeg is manslaughter, not murder"

I'm sorry but the term Rotzayach means someone that kills someone else by their actions. It may be intentional, unintentional or totally out of their control. The Torah uses the exact same term, rotzayach, for intentional murder as for unintentional murder. This is no accident.

According to Torah law, one who committed unintentional murder is subject to being killed by the relatives of the victim unless they flee to a city of refuge. This clearly indicates that the Torah views this as a level of murder. The artificial distinction of manslaughter does not exist in Torah law.

The article that you provide the link for proves nothing. Although the stories are heart wrenching, forgetting something in the sun where it can be severely damaged is peshia even when it comes to physical objects and certainly when it comes to the life of innocent human beings.

If you lent a pair of tefillin to someone and they forgot them in the sun in the back of their car so that they became warped and ruined there is no question that this would be considered negligence and not ones. This is no different.

It's a tremendous rachmanus on the person who did this and she surely had no ill intent and she will no doubt suffer with this until the end of her life. However, we must have rachmonus on the poor children who are victims of this negligence and let people know that they need to do things to prevent this from happening to them.

There is altogether too much fatalism in many people's point of view that these things can't be avoided. The blood of these innocent children cries out for us to arouse the public for the need for greater care to avoid this and other tragedies. ”

“ Go ask a posaik and find out the entire metzi'us before you pasken.

Your 'kal vechomer' doesn't work. ”

“ "1. Retzach beshogeg is manslaughter, not murder"

I'm sorry but the term Rotzayach means someone that kills someone else by their actions. It may be intentional, unintentional or totally out of their control. The Torah uses the exact same term, rotzayach, for intentional murder as for unintentional murder. This is no accident.

According to Torah law, one who committed unintentional murder is subject to being killed by the relatives of the victim unless they flee to a city of refuge. This clearly indicates that the Torah views this as a level of murder. The artificial distinction of manslaughter does not exist in Torah law.

The article that you provide the link for proves nothing. Although the stories are heart wrenching, forgetting something in the sun where it can be severely damaged is peshia even when it comes to physical objects and certainly when it comes to the life of innocent human beings.

If you lent a pair of tefillin to someone and they forgot them in the sun in the back of their car so that they became warped and ruined there is no question that this would be considered negligence and not ones. This is no different.

It's a tremendous rachmanus on the person who did this and she surely had no ill intent and she will no doubt suffer with this until the end of her life. However, we must have rachmonus on the poor children who are victims of this negligence and let people know that they need to do things to prevent this from happening to them.

There is altogether too much fatalism in many people's point of view that these things can't be avoided. The blood of these innocent children cries out for us to arouse the public for the need for greater care to avoid this and other tragedies. ”

“ Wow! First you make a diyuk that doesn't work from the fact that the torah calls an accidental killer a rotzai'ach (what we are debating is not whether or not a rotzai'ach beshogeg is guilty to some degree according to the torah. We all know that already. We are discussing your declaring this poor woman to be in that category) then you try to use a halachah in dinai mamonus to prove a point in rotzai'ach beshogaig.

Please, ask a real, practicing posaik and moreh hora'ah before offering your unsolicited, incorrect, pompous, self-rightous, holier than thou opinions poorly disguised as psak halachah.
”

“ Great lecture. No one would have known this was a tragedy and we all need to be ever-more careful if you hadn't pontificated on the subject. Nothing to do with halachah though.

Now go climb back into your ivory tower. ”

“ When Hashem wants a person to forget, they forget. Burach Dayen Huemes.
May Hashem bring Moshiach and end all sorrow now. ”

“ When Hashem wants a person to forget, they forget. Burach Dayen Huemes.
May Hashem bring Moshiach and end all sorrow now. ”