Ridgefield Father of Baby Who Died in Hot Car Appears in Court to Answer to Charges of Criminally Negligent Homicide

Kyle Seitz, 37, of Ridgefield, appeared in court Wednesday after surrendering to Ridgefield Police Tuesday, according to WTNH News.

Seitz turned himself in to the Ridgefield Police Tuesday after learning there was a warrant out for his arrest. He was released on a written promise to appear in Danbury Superior Court on Wednesday, Nov. 12 where the judge ordered that he can not have unsupervised visits with his two daughters.

Fifteen-month-old Benjamin Seitz passed away on July 7 after his father Kyle Seitz left him in his hot car for more over eight hours on a day in which temperatures soared at over 88-degrees Fahrenheit.

Seitz said he forgot to drop his son off at daycare and went to work all day before realizing at 6 p.m. that the baby was still in the car strapped into his car seat in the back seat. Benjamin died of

Seitz’s wife Lindsey Rogers-Seitz supports her husband and says it was a terrible accident. She started a blog in her son’s honor as a way to try to prevent this from happening to more families.

Seitz is due back in court on November 21.

Related articles:

• Baby Dies in Hot Car in Ridgefield
• Police Identify Victim, Circumstances Around Ridgefield Baby’s Death
• Funeral Scheduled for Ridgefield Baby Benjamin Seitz, 15 Months
• Ridgefield Dad Who Left Son in Hot Car Arrested for Criminally Negligent Homicide
• Ridgefield Mom of Baby Who Died in Hot Car Calls on Government for Prevention Technology

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