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A one-year-old baby is dead
after being left in the car all day. |
Amie Duemer, 38, discovered her son Joseph
in her car when she went to pick him up at daycare
and he wasn`t there.
A daycare worker at
Madison`s Place, 5211 13th Street, says Duemer
signed her child in everyday around 7:30 a.m. She
says Duemer would then drive just seconds across
the parking lot to her job as a social worker at
the Lubbock Dialysis Center.
On Wednesday,
Duemer signed Joseph in, but never took him out of
the car.
"I talked to her at 5 o`clock. I
was leaving the office she said, `Bye`. I said
`Bye`, like normal," says Tasha Carillo, in
explaining the minutes just before Deumer found
her son dead.
Police say Duemer left work
and drove across the street to pick Joseph up at
daycare. When she arrived, a daycare worker says
Duemer said, "I need to check Joseph out." When
the worker told her that he was not there, Duemer
replied, "You`re kidding" and then ran outside to
the car.
"She rushed him inside (and)
called EMS, (but the) child was deceased," says
Lieutenant Roy Bassett, with the Lubbock Police
Department.
Joseph`s father, Lee, rushed
to the scene and was comforted by police while
Amie was taken to the police station for
questioning.
"(It was) an accident, a
total accident," says Carillo. "(Amie was a) very
loving mother, I can tell you
that."
Carrillo, who works with Amie, took
care of Joseph shortly after he was born when she
worked at the daycare.
"He was wonderful,
always laughing ... a sweet boy," she remembers.
"Amie was a very sweet lady, very loving
mother, (it was a) freak accident, her boys were
her pride and joy. She would never hurt those
boys.
Amie and Lee also have a six-year-old
son, Joshua.
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Air Date: 8/3/2005 |
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Reporter: Mark
Kennedy |
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