Here are The Facts 🤙🏽 Follow to tag when a post is needing context 🤙🏽 3-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Left in Hot Car in Birmingham July 22, 2025 Birmingham, Alabama Facts: Keterrius “KJ” Sparks Jr., a 3-year-old boy from Bessemer, died after being accidentally left in a hot car for five hours (12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) while in the care of Covenant Services, a third-party contracted worker for Alabama’s Department of Human Resources (DHR), parked at a home in the 1500 block of Pine Tree Drive. Birmingham Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene; Birmingham Police are investigating the circumstances, with the contracted worker cooperative and questioned at headquarters, but no charges reported yet. DHR confirmed the child was in their custody during transport by the provider, who terminated the employee; due to confidentiality, no further details on the child or exact circumstances were released. KJ’s biological father, Timothy Starkes Sr., last saw him during a scheduled DHR visitation in Bessemer that morning, where KJ said, “Daddy, I want to go with you”; the father handed him to a Covenant Services representative for transport to daycare, but that didn’t happen. The foster mother arrived to pick him up later but found him missing; both biological and foster families are devastated, with cousin Ernest Miller noting recent family outings like theme parks and swimming.