'Forgotten Baby Syndrome': A Parent’s Nightmare of Hot Car Death
Her husband, Brett Cavaliero, would bring his 1-year-old daughter, Sophia Rayne “Ray Ray” Cavaliero to day care while his wife, Reeves, prepared for a conference call at home.
But the day would end in tragedy -- one that constantly replays in Reeves' mind as she remembers the accident that took her child's life shortly after her first birthday.
"I tell people she was my soulmate," Reeves, of Austin, Texas said of her daughter. "I know this sounds so cliché, but she really was the perfect child. I remember asking the pediatricians, 'Is it supposed to be this easy?' She was very well-tempered, very balanced.
"My husband never knew he wanted to have kids," she continued. "He was really nervous about being a dad, but after we had Ray, he said, 'When can we have another one?'"
"I walked out to the truck like I would normally do, put her in her car seat and gave her a kiss," Reeves recalled. "I told them I loved them. I gave her a kiss and gave [my husband] a kiss too. He drove down the driveway and I assumed it would be a normal day. It started chaotic, but otherwise normal."
