Philadelphia, PA

Edward Kanterman, 59 years old, was charged yesterday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Nicholas McCorkie. He picked up Nicholas at his daughter’s house on June 10th and was supposed to drop him off at a Drexel Hill day-care center. Instead, he went straight to work at CHI Institute in Broomall, where he teaches classes from 8:05 a.m. to 1:25 p.m. while the toddler remained strapped in a car seat in Kanterman’s Ford Explorer during a heat wave.

The outdoor temperature had reached the mid-90’s by 11 a.m., but inside the vehicle, it was well over 100 degrees.

When Edward returned to the truck, he discovered Nicholas unconscious, soaked in sweat and barely breathing, and repeatedly told CHI staff that “he couldn’t believe he left his grandson in the car all day.”

The toddler was admitted to Bryn Mawr Hospital with a core body temperature of 107.2 degrees, and was later transferred to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where was declared brain dead on June 14th and taken off life support.

Edward Kanterman was arraigned yesterday in Marple Distric Court on one count of involuntary manslaughter - which is upgraded from a misdemeanor to a felony in Pennsylvania when it involves a young child. He was released on $10,000 unsecured bail and declined comment as he left the court room.