Susan Spear

It can happen to even the most conscientious and caring parents, a leading researcher says.

A sickening realization at the end of a work shift, grocery run or church service: Your child has been in your hot car the entire time.

Last month, a 4-year-old Greensboro girl died after her father, Shyheim Deion Moore, 30, left her in a hot car. Temperatures were in the 80s on Sept. 24, and the little girl, listed as "M.M.'' in court documents, became the 30th child in the nation to die this year after overheating in a vehicle.

The problem is so vexing that it inspired neuroscientist and psychologist David M. Diamond to research how parents and caregivers make such grave errors.

The psychology professor at the University of South Florida said Wednesday that he has interviewed hund

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