Joseph Boatman, age 35 and of the Hammond area, has been arrested for Second-degree Murder and booked Sunday (June 9, 2025) into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center after it was learned his 21-month-old daughter died after he left her buckled inside a car outside a Madisonville-area residence for more than nine hours.
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the residence shortly before noon Sunday after a family member located the girl unresponsive inside the vehicle.
Detectives with the STPSO Major Crimes Unit have learned that Boatman had strapped the toddler in her car seat inside the vehicle after picking her up from a family member’s residence shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday. After strapping the toddler in her car seat, Boatman went back inside the residence and never returned to the vehicle. It was also learned that prior to Boatman arriving to pick up his daughter, he had consumed multiple alcoholic beverages.
“This is a devastating loss that no family ever wants to face,” Sheriff Randy Smith said. “When a child is left in a vehicle, especially on a day when the heat index climbs over 100 degrees, the outcome can turn deadly in a matter of minutes. This case involved compromised judgment, and the result was heartbreaking.”
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