ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested Thursday on charges relating to the death of his 18-month-old son, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
VSO deputies working with the Ormond Beach Police Department arrested Scott Allen Gardner, 33, after they said his son, Sebastian, was “left helpless” in a hot truck for more than three hours on June 6, while he got a haircut and went drinking at a local bar.
During an investigation into the incident, Gardner gave multiple false accounts of what happened that fateful day.
In a post on social media, VSO said that medical personnel estimated that Sebastian’s body temperature reached 111 degrees while inside the vehicle. They reported that an OBPD officer tried to revive Sebastian but was unable to do so.
The Ormond Beach Police Department arrested Gardner and charged him with aggravated manslaughter of a child and neglect of a child causing great bodily harm.