GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – The mother of a toddler who died in a car this week near a Colorado ski resort told police she left the boy and his brother alone in the SUV while it was running for an hour and a half, according to court documents obtained by a Grand Junction newspaper.
The children were found Tuesday night in a Toyota 4-Runner near the Powderhorn ski area. Tyler, 4, was taken to a hospital in Grand Junction and then airlifted to Children’s Hospital in Denver. He was listed as being in critical condition on Wednesday.
The exact nature of how Tyler was injured haven’t been released, but it’s thought carbon monoxide poisoning played a role. Autopsy results also haven’t been released so far in the death of his brother William, 2.
The Daily Sentinel reports that police records show their mother Heather Jensen, 24, of Palisade, told a Mesa County sheriff’s investigator she was in the car of a man while the children were in the SUV alone. She was also apparently the one who called 911.
Jensen posted photos of the boys on her Facebook page hours after making the 911 call, saying “I miss my boys.”
The newspaper also reported that Jensen’s 26-year-old husband Eric died in an accident in October.
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