Children Found Dead in Cars in Ohio, Mo.

How could this happen? And these are educated parents:

A 7-month-old infant was found dead in the heat of a parked car Thursday near the Washington University School of Medicine, authorities said. Hours later, a 2-year-old toddler was found dead in a vehicle in a suburb of Cincinnati.

The infant's name has not been released. Her father is a research analyst at the nearby medical school. Her mother is a staff physician at St. Louis Children's Hospital.

On a day when the temperature reached the upper 90s, a woman spotted the baby girl, called 911 and broke the car window, police Capt. James Gieseke said. The child was pronounced dead at a hospital.

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