Victim Sat In 110-Degree Car For Three Hours Suspect Complained Of Being Cold While In Jail Overnight PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (CBS) ― An elderly Westchester man died after police say his adult son left him in a sweltering car for hours, CBS 2 has learned. The victim, identified as 84-year-old Joseph Pressman, succumbed to the overheating of the Suzuki subcompact car he sat in on Monday afternoon. His 48-year-old son, Theodore Pressman, a local bus driver from Dutchess County, is now facing serious charges in his father's death. Theodore Pressman is accused of reckless endangerment after police say he left both of his parents inside the car with the windows up after he parked it at an office complex on John Walsh Boulevard. Both parents suffer from diminished mental capacity and health problems that limits their mobility. The elder...
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