A three-year-old boy dies after spending more than 12 hours trapped inside a hot car, according to reports from multiple outlets. The New York Post says the child is killed by heatstroke after his mother allegedly leaves him inside while she is out partying. The West Australian similarly reports that the boy dies of heatstroke after being locked in the car for around 12 hours, describing the mother as returning from partying and forgetting about her son in the vehicle. Both accounts attribute the death to extreme heat exposure while the child remains inside the car for a prolonged period. The reports differ in emphasis—one characterizes the situation as the mother allegedly trapping the child, while the other frames it as the mother forgetting him after returning from a night out—but both agree on the central facts: the child is three years old, he spends roughly half a day in a locked or trapped car, and he dies from heatstroke. The circumstances surrounding how the child became trapped and what authorities determine about intent are not detailed in the provided summaries.