Ames's father Paul Glover reported to police that he had left his son in the back seat of his car in Southall for approximately twenty minutes while he went to a cashpoint followed by a take-away restaurant.
Ayah Ames, Paul Glover, melaporkan kepada polisi bahwa ia meninggalkan anaknya di kursi belakang mobilnya di Southall selama kurang lebih 20 menit, sementara ia pergi ke titik penarikan uang, kemudian melanjutkan ke restoran cepat saji.