Michael Thedford (Photo: Collin County Sheriff's Office) 
 
 MELISSA, Texas — Authorities have arrested a father after his 6-month-old daughter was found unresponsive Tuesday afternoon outside their Melissa home. 
 
 According to the Collin County Sheriff's Office, authorities were alerted at about 1:30 p.m. that an infant was left alone in a vehicle in the 1400 block of Milrany Lane in Melissa. 
 
 Authorities released few details but confirmed the child died and that her father, 33-year-old Michael Thedford, was arrested. Thedford was charged with manslaughter and released after paying a $20,000 bond. 
 
 Fabiola Contreras lives across the street from the home. She said she immediately noticed all the commotion as first responders arrived at the scene. 
 
 "I saw the ambulance come first," Contreras said. "I just saw them rush into the house." 
 
 Officials with the Collin County Sheriffs Department says the child was unresponsive when deputies arrived at the scene. 
 
 Contreras says detectives spent some time with Thedford in the front part of the home and had him retrace his steps. 
 
 "Before we knew it, he was walking outside with handcuffs," she said. 
 
 The cause of the child's death is under investigation. Deputies were told the child was left in the car but it hasn't been revealed for how long. 
 
 According to KidsandCars.org, 16 children have died in hot car related deaths nationwide this year. That's more than double the number of seven at the same time last year. 
 
 Tuesday's death was the third this year in Texas, according to the organization. 
 
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 MELISSA (CBSDFW.COM) – The father of a 6-month-old girl who died after she was left in a hot car for up to four hours Tuesday afternoon is charged with manslaughter. 
 
 Michael Shannon Thedford, 33, was booked into the Collin County Jail after the child was found unconscious inside the family’s van. A source close to the family told CBS11 that Thedford dropped off two children at daycare, but left the baby in the car. 
 
 “Forgetting a child? His child? It’s hard to believe because how can you forget a child in your own car? It’s your child,” said Fabiola Contreras, who lives across the street. “It’s really hot especially if you’re in a car, it’s way hotter.” 
 
 Contreras said she watched from her porch as paramedics and Collin County sheriff’s deputies arrived. 
 
 “They were asking the mother a few questions and she looked like she was crying. She was devastated. So was he, he would hug her and cry as well,” she said. 
 
 Capt. Jim Moody of the Collin County Sheriff’s Department said deputies were called about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to the family home in Melissa, about 40 miles north of Dallas. They arrived to find the child removed from the car but unresponsive. 
 
 Witnesses said investigators appeared to make Thedford reenact what happened using a Mickey Mouse doll. 
 
 Contreras said Thedford was a very serious and quiet person. 
 
 Neighbors said Thedford is married and has two other young, children. 
 
 His bond is set at $20,000. Thedford’s jail record lists no attorney. 
 
 The National Weather Service reports the temperature at the nearby McKinney National Airport had risen to the low 90s but felt like the upper 90s by that time. 
 
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– A Texas father of three has been charged with manslaughter after police say he left his 6-month-old daughter in a hot car for hours then put her in the refrigerator, Reuters reports. Michael Thedford, a 33-year-old unemployed teacher, dropped his 3-year-old and 5-year-old children off at daycare Tuesday but forgot his baby daughter was in the back seat. According to Fox 4, his daughter wasn't going to daycare Tuesday because she had a fever. Thedford drove home and fell asleep while his wife was at work. Police say the baby was left in her carseat in the family's car for four hours in 90-degree temperatures. When Thedford finally discovered her in the car, she was "stiff" and "hot as a brick." Police say Thedford put the baby in the refrigerator "for an undetermined amount of time." He then called 911 and attempted CPR on his daughter. The baby was unresponsive when deputies arrived, and Thedford was arrested, WFAA reports. “Forgetting a child? His child? It’s hard to believe because how can you forget a child in your own car?" a neighbor asks CBS DFW. Thedford was released on $20,000 bond, and an attorney says he believes Thedford was "overcharged." “It sounds like his actions were very much as a parent that was living out their very worst nightmare,” the attorney tells Fox 4. Sixteen children have died in hot cars this year in the US. That's more than double the amount at this time last year.