Florida grandmother charged in hot car death of granddaughter, less than a year after grandson drowned while in her care Story by Minyvonne Burke • 2h ago
A Florida woman is demanding prison time for her own mother after her two young children died less than a year apart while allegedly in their grandmother’s care, one in a hot car death and the other in an accidental drowning. The grandmother, 65-year-old Tracey Nix, was arrested and charged in November 2022 with aggravated manslaughter and leaving a child unsupervised in a motor vehicle, court records show. The charges are in connection with the Nov. 1, 2022 death of 7-month-old Uriel Schock. Authorities said Nix left Uriel in her vehicle outside her Wauchula home for several hours after returning from lunch. Nix said she “forgot” the child was in the car, according to the court documents. “How do you forget a little girl,” Uriel’s father, Drew Schock, said in a tearful interview this week with local station WFTS. Nix told authorities that her daughter, Kaila Schock, asked her to watch Uriel while she was at a hair appointment, the documents state. Nix said she went to a friend’s house that morning and then left to pick up Uriel. She then drove to a restaurant for lunch with her friends, according to the documents. They left the restaurant around 1:40 p.m. Security footage showed Nix put her granddaughter in a rear car seat and drive away, authorities said in the documents. Nix said she drove about 10 minutes to her home, parked the car and went inside to talk to her dog and practice the piano.
She told the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office that it was not like “I was rushing in the house to do anything ... I just forgot,” according to the documents. The court filing says that Nix was waiting for her older grandson to arrive so they could go out to dinner. After 4:30 p.m., she took two cups of tea out to her vehicle for her and her grandson and then drove the vehicle to her backyard. Authorities said Nix’s husband was in the backyard and the two talked for about 10 minutes, the documents state. When the grandson arrived, Nix said all of a sudden it “came across her head” that Uriel was still in the car, the documents state. Nix’s husband immediately pulled the baby out and began CPR while someone called 911. Uriel was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office said temperatures that day in Wauchula reached 90 degrees. An autopsy showed no signs of injuries. Her death was ruled a homicide. Drew Schock told WFTS that he remembers being in the parking lot outside the hospital “trying to grasp what just happened. And that it actually ... just happened twice in our lifetime.” In December 2021, the couple’s 16-month-old son Ezra died, also while in Nix’s care. Court records state that Nix was babysitting the little boy when she fell asleep. The child wandered outside and drowned in a pond near her home. She was not charged in the incident. Kaila told the news station that she was six months pregnant with Uriel at the time her son died. The couple also has an older child. She said she initially did not trust her mother to watch her children after Ezra’s death but believed in second chances. “We were anxious, but I loved my mother. And I am a daughter that wanted her mom,” she said through tears. “When I was told that Ezra’s death was an accident, some sliver child part of me thought, ‘OK. Good, I get to keep this mom, this grandmother.’” Kaila said she knew her mother was taking Uriel to lunch with her friends. Hours later, a sheriff’s deputy came to Kaila’s house and delivered the heartbreaking news. “Two children now who are no longer here,” Drew said. “Somebody has to answer for that.” “She needs to go to prison,” Kaila told the news station. “As her daughter, it kills me to say it. As their mother, I demand it.” Authorities said Nix’s negligence resulted in the death of both children. Her attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A pretrial hearing is set for May 2, court records show. This story originally appeared on NBCNews.com. This article was originally published on TODAY.com
Nix told authorities that her daughter, Kaila Schock, asked her to watch Uriel while she was at a hair appointment, the documents state. Nix said she went to a friend’s house that morning and then left to pick up Uriel. She then drove to a restaurant for lunch with her friends, according to the documents. They left the restaurant around 1:40 p.m. Security footage showed Nix put her granddaughter in a rear car seat and drive away, authorities said in the documents. Nix said she drove about 10 minutes to her home, parked the car and went inside to talk to her dog and practice the piano.
She told the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office that it was not like “I was rushing in the house to do anything ... I just forgot,” according to the documents. The court filing says that Nix was waiting for her older grandson to arrive so they could go out to dinner. After 4:30 p.m., she took two cups of tea out to her vehicle for her and her grandson and then drove the vehicle to her backyard. Authorities said Nix’s husband was in the backyard and the two talked for about 10 minutes, the documents state. When the grandson arrived, Nix said all of a sudden it “came across her head” that Uriel was still in the car, the documents state. Nix’s husband immediately pulled the baby out and began CPR while someone called 911. Uriel was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office said temperatures that day in Wauchula reached 90 degrees. An autopsy showed no signs of injuries. Her death was ruled a homicide. Drew Schock told WFTS that he remembers being in the parking lot outside the hospital “trying to grasp what just happened. And that it actually ... just happened twice in our lifetime.” In December 2021, the couple’s 16-month-old son Ezra died, also while in Nix’s care. Court records state that Nix was babysitting the little boy when she fell asleep. The child wandered outside and drowned in a pond near her home. She was not charged in the incident. Kaila told the news station that she was six months pregnant with Uriel at the time her son died. The couple also has an older child. She said she initially did not trust her mother to watch her children after Ezra’s death but believed in second chances. “We were anxious, but I loved my mother. And I am a daughter that wanted her mom,” she said through tears. “When I was told that Ezra’s death was an accident, some sliver child part of me thought, ‘OK. Good, I get to keep this mom, this grandmother.’” Kaila said she knew her mother was taking Uriel to lunch with her friends. Hours later, a sheriff’s deputy came to Kaila’s house and delivered the heartbreaking news. “Two children now who are no longer here,” Drew said. “Somebody has to answer for that.” “She needs to go to prison,” Kaila told the news station. “As her daughter, it kills me to say it. As their mother, I demand it.” Authorities said Nix’s negligence resulted in the death of both children. Her attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A pretrial hearing is set for May 2, court records show. This story originally appeared on NBCNews.com. This article was originally published on TODAY.com
这老太太的老公也在家，没人想到今天应该多个小孩儿吗？？？
闺女压根没跟老头儿打招呼，说今天让她妈妈接孩子了，老头儿根本不知道啊。
儿子16个月的时候已经怀女儿6个月了，咋带得过来啊……
65岁根本不老
根据身边人观察，有人65依然身强体健，有人65就体力记忆力各方面都退化严重了。
把孩子忘车上的很多都是因为当天schedule不是日常schedule。比如平时都是妈妈送娃去学校，临时改成爸爸送结果爸爸把车开到公司就下车这种。
对啊就是平时不看娃，突然要看娃所以忘了有个娃啊 跟朋友吃饭估计都是早就约好的
我不仅不要求老人看娃，我也一点不羡慕老人来看孩子的夫妻。
决定生的时候就想好了自己养，我觉得挺好的。
是的 自己养的最亲 说三岁以前不记事都是搞笑 可能不记得具体的事 但是和妈妈的亲密感一点记得牢牢的
对，最近参加娃同学的生日派对，一个妈妈comment 我家孩子和爸爸妈妈很亲。能不亲吗？出生就没有离开过爸爸妈妈的身边:-)
是的，美国女人就是这样，做头发做指甲比天还大。孩子也不管，工作也不顾，做头发做指甲排第一位。哪怕穷的饭都没得吃了，还要向人借钱做头发做指甲
确实是，消费观念不同。
我小时候我妈妈因为家里俩孩子差一岁，两人双职工，偶尔会送我去奶奶家。
有一天我妈妈做噩梦，一个女的说你再也见不到你女儿了。我妈妈哭着惊醒，凌晨拉着我爸爸坐长途客车去奶奶家。我爷爷是大学教授，但是他们家在另外一个县城的近郊农村。爸妈赶到的时候发现我痢疾，严重脱水头也抬不起来。我不知道爷爷在哪里。奶奶养大了5个无病无灾的孩子，从没操过心，也没死过孩子（我外婆那边死过2个），根本不上心，也不送我去医院。她也重男轻女，对我这个孙女没什么感情。
我爸妈抱起我就赶医院，救了我一命。我妈妈后来经常说孩子和母亲之间是有心电感应的，危急时刻救了我一命。
母子连心，真神奇。