Man Puts Baby In Freezer To Cool Her Down

A Canadian man couldn't figure out how to deal with his girlfriend's feverish 10-month-old daughter so he put the baby into a freezer to cool her down.

The baby was rescued when the mother got home, but the girl was found crammed into the freezer alongside ice cubes and frozen hamburgers.

The 21 year-old man, Derrick Hardy, said he left the door open but the mother said it was closed when she returned.

Hardy is now facing criminal negligence for the incident and told a court the child was only in the freezer for about 40 seconds. Although he admitted to police that he had no real parenting skills to deal with a sick child.

He noticed the girl was very hot and put a cool cloth on her face, but this had no effect. Then he carried her outside into the night air but this also didn't work. He was worried the baby might drown if placed in a cold bath, so he put her into the freezer with only an undershirt.

The baby spent several days in hospital to recover from the freezer burns and seems to be doing fine now.

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