AT 10:00, THE ONES FOR TEXAS.
TONIGHT AT 10:00, AT A
DALLAS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED
OF WRITING FAKE TICKETS ENDS
UP IN JAIL.
HOW INVESTIGATORS WERE TIPPED
OFF.
LEARN HOW TO DO EVERYTHING
ALL OVER AGAIN.
HE WAS HELPLESS LIKE AN
INFANT.
HAD TO LEARN HOW TO EAT AND
WALK AND TALK AND DO
EVERYTHING THAT A NORMAL 3-
YEAR-OLD WOULD DO ALL OVER
AGAIN.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE
FROM THIS MOTHER SAYING ONE
SIMPLE MISTAKE ALMOST KILLED
HER SON.
HOW SHE'S FIGHTING TO PROTECT
OTHERS.
IN A MATTER OF DAYS, THREE
CHILDREN DIED IN HOT VEHICLES,
TWO IN NORTH TEXAS ANOTHER ONE
IN GALVESTON.
IT'S THE KIND OF MISTAKE ONE
MOTHER SAYS HER FAMILY
SUFFERED THROUGH AND SHE TELLS
OUR ERIN JONES CHILDREN KEEP
DYING BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T
THINK IT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.
IT TEARS YOU UP THINKING OF
THE CHILD IN THE CAR
SUFFERING.
Reporter: MICHELLE
STUYVESANT TO HEARTBROKEN OVER
THE BABY GIRL FOUND DEAD IN A
HOT CAR FRIDAY.
SHE SAYS SHE CAN RELATE TO
THIS TRAGEDY BECAUSE SHE'S
BEEN THERE.
I'M SURE HE WAS CRYING FOR
US.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, TO
THINK, NO ONE, AS PARENTS WE
WANT TO BE THERE FOR OUR
CHILDREN ALWAYS.
AND TO THINK THAT THERE'S EVER
A POINT WHEN WE ARE NOT, IT'S
VERY, VERY HARD.
Reporter: ON JUNE 10, 2015,
MICHELLE'S HUSBAND LEFT THEIR
SON MICHAEL WHO WAS THREE AT
THE TIME IN A HOT CAR.
IT HAPPENED AFTER A CHANGE TO
THEIR MORNING ROUTINE.
MICHELLE HAD TO BE AT WORK
EARLY SO HER HUSBAND DROPPED
HER OFF FIRST AND INSTEAD OF
TAKING MICHAEL TO DAYCARE.
SO HE GOT HOME, OUR SON
STILL SLEEPING IN THE BACK
SEAT AND HE WAS COMPLETELY
UNAWARE.
Reporter: AN HOUR LATER HER
HUSBAND REMEMBERED HIS SON WAS
IN THE BACKSEAT.
BY THEN HE HAD ALREADY
SUFFERED SIX HEAT STROKES.
HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
AND IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED,
HE NEEDED CONSTANT MEDICAL
ATTENTION.
HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO
EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN.
HE WAS HELPLESS LIKE AN
INFANT.
Reporter: MICHELLE SAYS
MICHAEL WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY
MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.
NOW SHE'S WORKING WITH
KIDSINCARS.ORG TO ADVOCATE FOR
THE HOT CARS ACT HOPING TO
PREVENT FUTURE TRAGEDIES.
HOT CARS ACT OF 2019 IS A
FEDERAL BILL THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO
ADD A SENSOR OR SOMETHING IN
THE VEHICLE TO REMIND YOU THAT
SOMEONE MIGHT BE LEFT BEHIND.
IT'S A SIMPLE, SIMPLE THING
THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP.
BEFORE WE HAVE THIS ACT, WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT IT CAN
HAPPEN TO THEM.
Reporter: ONE THING THAT
MICHELLE SAYS SHE ALWAYS DOES
AND WANTS OTHERS TO DO TOO IS
WHEN YOU GET IN YOUR CAR, PUT
YOUR BELONGINGS SUCH AS PURSE
AND SHOES IN THE BACKSEAT WITH
YOUR KIDS.
THAT WAY WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION IT'S JUST ANOTHER
REMINDER THAT YOU NEED TO GO
