NJ Father Says Aunt, Uncle 'Killed My Daughter:' Report

LINDENWOLD, NJ — The father of a 22-month-old baby who was deceased after being left in a car at the PATCO high speed line station in South Jersey on Friday is saying the child's aunt and uncle "killed his daughter," and he is demanding answers.

Nasir Lawrence first thought the call was a joke, but he told CBS 3 he quickly realized his daughter Milliani Robertson-Lawrence was dead. Lawrence, who was trying to regain custody of his daughter after serving 18 months in prison, then said he “pretty much broken down and lost my mind.” The daughter’s aunt and uncle had been watching her.

“How do you forget that there’s a 2-year-old who makes a lot of noise in the car?” he said in an interview with the station. He told the news station the baby was left alone for eight hours in the car. "You killed my daughter. You took her from me."

Authorities have not said how long the baby was alone before she was found in a minivan in the train station’s parking lot. When she was found, she was unresponsive in her car seat with the passenger window broken, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said on Saturday. She was pronounced deceased at the scene at 3:54 p.m.

No charges have been filed as of Monday morning, according to the prosecutor's office, which is investigating with assistance from the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department. The Delaware River Port Authority runs the rail line. Read more here: Young Child Found Dead In Car At NJ PATCO Station: Officials

On Friday, a group of people that included the mother and her friends were leaving the train station when they told 6 ABC the girl suffocated. Authorities have not yet released a cause of death. No further details have been released.

Temperatures reached into the 80s on Friday, but were expected to be much hotter this week. Read more here: 104-Degree Heat Already? Timeline For Severe NJ Weather

According to Kids and Cars, 34 children have died in hot cars this year. This is the second New Jersey case. The other occurred in Lakewood in June. Read more here: Lakewood Woman Charged In Death Of Child Left In Car

Since 1998, 831 children have died after being left unattended in hot cars, according to noheatstroke.org. A total of 429 (53.8 percent) of those deaths are a result of the child being forgotten by their caregiver. In 151 (18.9 percent) of those cases, the child was knowingly left in the car. In 209 cases (26.2 percent), the child gained access to the car on their own, while the other 1 percent of reported cases are categorized as unknown.

Last year, a record 52 children died in hot cars nationwide, according to the National Safety Council.

The National Traffic Highway Safety Administration (NTHSA) will tweet about the dangers of heatstroke and offer prevention tips from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20. It will be using the hashtags #HeatstrokeKills and #CheckForBaby.

"We invite you to share your own message that day, too," NTHSA said in its announcement. "Let's blast a powerful, loud, and unified safety message all over the web. Encourage your social network to share the message, too. Each share gets us closer to eliminating these tragedies. Please don't ignore our cry for help. Join NHTSA in spreading the message. Let’s stop this troubling trend, stop the heartbreak, and stop children from dying in hot cars."