The 5-year-old child may have been in the vehicle for two to three hours as his mother rushed to put together a birthday party for his sister.
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According to Gonzalez, investigators learned the son knew how to unbuckle himself and get out, to which the mother may have assumed that he did. So, she went inside to prepare for the party. But it wasn't until two or three hours later when she called for the child that she realized where her son was, the sheriff said.
Gonzalez added that investigators believe the vehicle is a rental and that the unfamiliarity with the door safety lock may have factored into the incident.
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