Infant's Temperature Was 106 Degrees, Deputies Say
POSTED: 12:58 pm MST March 11,
2008
UPDATED: 2:35 pm MST March 11,
2008
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The 19-year-old father of an infant who died after being left for at least three hours in a vehicle faces negligent homicide and child abuses charges, the Pima County Sheriff's Office said.Anthony Ryan Kurz was booked into the Pima County Jail early Tuesday, said Richard Kastigar, PCSO bureau chief."We had been interviewing him and obtained a search warrant for his home," Kastigar said. He said the sheriff's office also took a sample of the man's blood and investigators are awaiting toxicology results.Kastigar said Kurz was driving his girlfriend, Samantha Womble, 18, to work on the northwest side of Tucson Monday afternoon.
"They had been bickering," Kastigar said. "He dropped her off and returned home to his trailer in Catalina."Kastigar said Kurz told deputies he saw the front door of his trailer ajar."He went inside and in his state of mind after quarreling forgot about the baby in the car," Kastigar said.
BOOKING PHOTO: Anthony Ryan Kurz
Kastigar said the baby, Adryan Womble-Kurz, was left in the car for at least three hours, between 1 and 4 p.m.The body temperature of the boy was 106 degrees when he was rushed to Northwest Medical Center Oro Valley. Doctors there pronounced him dead, Kastigar said."The temperature in Tucson yesterday was in the mid-70s," Kastigar said. "We're testing the vehicle to see what temperature it was."Kurz was being held without bail pending an initial court appearance.Kastigar said the investigation into the baby's death is continuing.
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