A 3-year-old boy taken from his parents by Child Protective Services in Alabama has died after being left in a hot car for hours … by a contractor for CPS.
The CPS worker allegedly took the child for a visit with his father, then ran “personal errands” on the way back, eventually forgetting the boy was in the car.
A report at People.com said the death, a week ago, happened in Birmingham.
The boy was identified as Ke’Torrius Starkes Jr.
He was in the custody of the Department of Human Services at the time, and Courtney French, a lawyer for the family, told the publication, “The very system that is in place for his protection was the system that led to his death.”
The report explained the child was found unresponsive in the vehicle outside a location on Pine Tree Drive.
State officials revealed he was “accidentally left inside … while in the care of a third-party contracted worker through the Department of Human Resources.”
A 3-year-old boy in Alabama was found deceased after being left in a hot car for more than five hours by a social worker.
The worker was fired, but police “are investigating to determine if any criminal charges should be filed.”
If this were a parent, they would have been… pic.twitter.com/oz2AtVYxv2
— Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) July 25, 2025
The heartbreaking loss of 3-year-old Keterrious ‘KJ’ Starks Jr. in Alabama, left in a hot car to die by a cps caseworker, is a fate that no child should suffer, and I hope this tragedy can lead to stronger oversight in Alabama’s child welfare system. Here in Maine, we face our… pic.twitter.com/7cHfSiykrT
— Corey James (@CoreyJames29932) July 25, 2025
The CPS worker who was to take the child from a scheduled visit with his father, back to his daycare, parked her car and left him for 5 hours in Alabama heat. The child’s foster mother had gone to the daycare to pick him up, only to learn he wasn’t there. Poor little dude.
— Lafree (@Lafree101) July 25, 2025
The report said he was in temporary custody of the state over claims of drug use in his home.
He apparently was abandoned in the vehicle about 12:30 p.m., and found about five hours later. He was pronounced dead at 6:03 p.m. Temperatures during the period reached 96 degrees, the report said.
According to the lawyer, the worker was employed to transport children, and took the child to a supervised visit with his father, but then decided to “run numerous personal errands with KJ still in the car seat in the back.”
State officials declined to identify the child or describe the circumstances because of “confidentiality.”
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