She allegedly left her daughter inside a Toyota Camry parked at a Galena Park manufacturing plant while she worked an eight-hour shift starting at 6 a.m.
The child was reportedly left with water, food, a fan, ice cubes, and melatonin to help her sleep. The windows were cracked, and a shade was placed in the front windshield, making it hard for passersby to see inside.
Around 2 p.m, she returned to the car and found Oluwasikemi unresponsive. CPR was attempted but it failed and the child was rushed to a Hospital, where she was pronounced dead....
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ruled the death as a homicide due to hyperthermia.
She was arrested on October 17, 2025, and booked into the Harris County Jail
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It’s shocking how often we hear about children being left in cars for hours in the U.S., sometimes with tragic outcomes. Sadly, this issue continues to happen, and while it may seem intentional, most cases are actually done on purpose.
ReplyDeleteSeems like this woman did not have or could not afford a babysitter and the child was out of school on summer break. But at 9 she could have stayed home alone, even if the state had an age requirement. I stayed home alone at that age. She would have her bed and a toilet to use, I’m not sure why this car situation seemed a better option, just tell her not to touch the stove, or maybe they lived in a very unsafe neighbourhood🤷🏽♀️ She probably thought because the window was opened a crack and the sunshade was setup plus the child being older and had food and water she would be safe.
DeleteWe need better social services to support folks like this mother. Nobody should have to choose between making money and the safety of their child. Hopefully, something good comes out of this tragedy.
@16:42
DeleteThank you for talking about it from an angle that a lot of people won’t look at it from.
The USA lacks social services and infrastructure for parents or even people in general and it’s sad to see in a supposedly developed country. Healthcare is wack! Social services are wack. They care more about the unborn than the living. Pathetic!
If she stays in an apartment, there was probably an inspection going on that day and she cannot risk leaving an underage girl at home. I feel really bad for her. The weather can change like winch here. It probably got hotter than she expected. I really empathize with her cuz caring for kids in this country is not easy and cheap.
DeleteAnon 16:42, I know right!! This same thing keeps playing out over and over again. Like you said, it would have been better she left her at home, how to you leave someone immobile for a whole 8 hrs to start with? Common, I blame the mother 100%. There are some underground run unlicensed daycare that some Nigerian grandmas run here, especially that Houston area, all she had to do was find a Nigerian church or mosque and ask around, she'd get resources for times like this, at an affordable cost, I feel so sorry for that girl. But at least, she could have left the car unlocked and told the girl to step outside if it got too hot for her, give her a cellphone to call you if there's an emergency or something, dammit!! I feel pissed with that woman.
DeleteSee how she killed her son
DeleteMao Akuh
And at the peak of summer for that matter when the temperature was over 100*F. I can't even imagine such stupidity.
DeleteIn our pursuit for daily bread, may we never get ourselves into unbelievable grief and trouble!
ReplyDeleteAmen!!!
Delete9 years old 😭😭😭😭 oluwa, this is painful
ReplyDeletethis is a very sad story, may the little child rest in ppeace.
ReplyDelete*peace
ReplyDeleteChai.
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad on so many fronts.
ReplyDeleteA mother is supposed to be equipped with these two core values, Nature and nuture. Its not one or the other, it's not neither, nor, either, or.
ReplyDeleteYou gave your daughter food and water et al, and locked her up in a car? Pray tell, what did you think would happen?
By God, if I were a damn Prosecutor, I would make sure she gets get a life sentence.
Nurturing is not in anyone's DNA. Otherwise, everyone would be a nurturer. While I agree that this was careless and unfortunate, even preventable, we must stop the narrative that motherhood automatically makes one a nurturer, and that mothering, however you define it, is natural. I hope her story causes change in the Texas system for childcare and workplace policies for women. But I know it won't because only the unborn is prioritized here.
DeleteThis is really sad. But why do they keep doing this though? Why locking your child up in a car for hours?
ReplyDeleteFor some people, it's stress. They actually forgot the child was there while rushing to work. In one case, the father didn't know his wife put the baby in the car for daycare. For some, it's selfishness like wanting to get nails done. For some, like this one, they really believed nothing would happen. I'm willing to bet she had done it before.
DeleteThis is so so sad.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she will ever forgive herself and heal.
She would need therapy.
Having to deal with the loss of her child and the charges
Chai 😢
ReplyDeleteShe probably couldn't afford a babysitter.
This is sad.
May her soul rest in peace
Oh no!
ReplyDeleteI was going to curse her but I read that she had given her melatonin, food, water,toys etc. There must have no other option for childcare for this woman.
ReplyDeleteI get it. Nothing I ll say will be worse than what this woman ll have to live with for the rest of her life. Even Jail will be better.
Pitiful