Two-year-old Ian Wiesman died in Oneonta, Alabama after being left unattended for about seven hours inside a pickup truck on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The cause of death was prolonged exposure to high temperatures inside the vehicle.

Ian’s grandfather, 56-year-old William Bill Wiesman, had picked him up that morning and was believed to have intended to take him to daycare. Instead, the grandfather drove to his workplace and reportedly returned to the truck three times during the day without noticing Ian still strapped in a rear car seat. Family members discovered Ian unresponsive in the truck’s parking lot when they learned he had never been dropped off at daycare.

William Wiesman was taken into custody and charged by the Blount County District Attorney with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, charges described as alleging an unintentional but grossly negligent act.

If anyone was in or near that daycare parking lot on September 20, 2022, or has relevant information about the day’s timeline, please come forward.