Child abuse filed against movie-going father

Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:29 p.m. MDT
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A father who police say left his 2-year-old son in the car while he went to a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight" has been charged with child abuse.

David James Farnham, 23, left his toddler in a locked car in the parking lot of South Salt Lake's Century 16 Theater, 150 E. 3300 South, for about two hours Sunday, according to charges filed Tuesday in 3rd District Court.

The temperature inside the car was 87 degrees, police said. the child was hot and sweating but otherwise unharmed.

Farnham faces one count of child abuse, a class A misdemeanor.

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i was at th3e movie with my family when this accident happen it was...

adriana | July 22, 2008 at 9:07 p.m.

I THINK HE IS NOT FIT TO BE A PARENT AND HE IS SELFISH AND PERSONALLY...

JEN | July 22, 2008 at 7:16 p.m.

malaka, I add to your post and say some people should not be parents...

SouthernUtahGirl | July 22, 2008 at 7:14 p.m.