Boy Alone In Car At Darien Store For 40 Minutes: Police

DARIEN, IL – A woman left her 6-year-old boy alone in her car for about 40 minutes earlier this month, Darien police said.

Patch obtained the police report through a public records request.

Police said the 36-year-old Downers Grove woman got out of the car about 12:30 p.m. June 12 at Walmart, 2189 75th St.

About 25 minutes later, an officer was called.

According to the report, a customer saw the boy in a 2018 Volkswagen SUV and spoke with him. He was apparently fine.

The driver's side rear window was left open, and the inside of the car did not seem hot, police said.

Police found the mother's name in a car registration search, and the employee paged the boy's mother.

The mother arrived about 1:10 p.m. The report described her as "very cooperative and apologetic."

The woman said she understood it was not safe for the boy to be alone and promised not to do so again, police said.

She was charged with endangering the health or life of a child and then was released. She lives in the 5000 block of Florence Avenue in Downers Grove.