Cincinnati Makes National Headlines...For All The Wrong Reasons

It's a shame that with all the great things that are occurring in the "Nasty Nati", the Queen City is once again thrown into the throngs of the national media be one tragically devastating event.

On Aug 23, 2007, Cecelia Slaby, 2yrs old, was found dead, strapped in her mother's SUV after being forgotten there for over 8 hours. Apparently, the mother, Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby had simply forgotten that the child was in the car during her morning commute. It wasn't until later that afternoon, when a co-worker informed her that her child was shill in the back seat of her car, that she remembered.

To many resident's disbelief, county prosecutor decided not to prosecute the mother for the death of her two year old, citing that the circumstances surround this event do not warrant it.

Though I can understand these concerned resident's sentiments, I feel that the prosecutor has a valid point. This may be my naivety showing through, but if it was really illegal for local officials not to prosecute this woman for leaving her child in the car, I feel that there would be other law enforcement agencies and upper realms of the government investigating.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has done a job with coverage of the story. You can even watch the security camera video of the mother walking out of her car and into her place of work, while her child was left in the car.

Note: In the video, I saw at least two times where the SUV was moving in reverse before it was parked. I find it strange that in those two times, that she didn't look over her shoulder to see that her 2yr old daughter was still in the car. Like C&C Music Factory sang about..."Things that make you go mmmm.....