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'Where Is Your Baby?' New Details Released In Death Of NJ Baby Left In Car

Moshe Ehrlich, a 35-year-old Lakewood resident, forgot to drop his infant son off at the babysitter, leaving him in a hot car for two hours before he died, according to charging documents obtained by Daily Voice.

Moshe Ehrlich

Moshe Ehrlich

Photo Credit: Ocean County Department of Corrections

Ehrlich is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.

At 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, Lakewood police responded to 5th Street and found a 4-month old infant inside a vehicle in distress, Billhimer said. First responders attempted to render lifesaving aid to the infant, and he was transported to Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood, where he was pronounced dead, Billhimer said.

That day, Faiga Ehrlich, Moshe's wife and the baby's mother, said her husband was responsible for dropping off four of their six children, according to charging documents. Faiga left for her job as executive assistant at a real estate company when Moshe called her to say she had forgotten the baby's milk at home and had to go back to retrieve it, authorities said.

Faiga said she assumed Moshe would drop the baby off at a babysitters at 11 a.m. after retrieving the milk. At 12:18 p.m., Faiga received a text from the babysitter that the baby had not been dropped off. She was not able to reach Moshe until the baby was being taken to a hospital, at which point he told her they should "pray." 

Moshe told investigators he forgot to drop the baby off at the babysitter's home after dropping off his other children, ages 6, 4, 2, at their destinations, police paperwork shows. He went inside to Beth Medresh Goroha, leaving the baby in the car at 11 a.m. Moshe said he usually has several methods to make sure he remembered to drop the baby off at the babysitter, including asking his wife to remind him and placing his hat in the front seat as a reminder.

At 1:30 p.m., he was notified he had an emergency phone call. Before he got to the phone, a man asked him, "where is your baby?" charging documents say.

Moshe then ran to his vehicle, got to the car, removed the baby and called an ambulance, according to police paperwork. The babysitter told investigators the child always appeared to be well kept and not ill. She said  the family is usually very attentive to their children. 

The outside temperature at the time was 67.8 degrees, while the temperature inside the vehicle was 96.2 degrees, according to charging documents. 

On Thursday, March 20, Ehrlich surrendered himself to Lakewood Township Police Headquarters and was transported to the Ocean County Jail.

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