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Chyna Long and McKenzi Holley
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Omaha, NE – Chyna Long is in need of another car seat to go with the one she already owns. She used to need two to go with the one she owns, until her 3 year-old, car-seatless son, McKenzi Holley, opened the door of Long’s moving SUV and fell out. Long was ticketed in early July for not having any of her kids ages 5, 3, and 1, properly restrained. With three kids under 6, she was a very busy lady. She probably never got time to shop for car seats.
Three weeks after getting that last ticket, she’s probably wishing she had found the time to get those car seats. At the end of a visit to her mother’s house, she loaded up the kids for the ride home. I’m guessing that little McKenzi didn’t want to leave grandma’s because he did a typical kid’s “Amazing Houdini Escape” trick and opened the door of mom’s Durango as she left the parking lot.
Authorities say McKenzi wasn’t in any type of child restraint, just a seat belt. This seems to be backed up by witnesses who said they saw just one car seat in the back of the car. One would think that if you were short 2 car seats the logical one to use it on would be the 1 year-old. Chyna Long must not be logical because she disagrees with police, stating that it was McKenzi who was in the lone car seat.
One thing every one agrees on is that McKenzi did his Houdini escape from the restraints and opened the passenger door. Mom’s SUV didn’t have security locks so the door was able to be opened even thought the car was moving. McKenzi proceeded to fall out head first onto the pavement. Little McKenzi Holley died later at the hospital because of the injuries. Chyna Long now had to take time out from her busy schedule to plan a funeral.
It seems Chyna Long has never been too busy for a drive. Since 2003, she’s been cited for a multitude of vehicle related offenses: following too close, no lights, speeding, careless driving, no turn signal, and the accompanying no insurance, no registration, and no license charges. In seven cases there where warrants issued because she failed to appear – twice in this year alone.
This time, Long was ticketed for misdemeanor child abuse which could earn her up to a year in jail. That’s a long time in the life of a busy mom – even though she’s not as busy now that she has one less kid. Scheduled to appear for a hearing on Monday for the early July charges, no one should be surprised that she failed to show. Once again there is a warrant out for her arrest.
Maybe she was out shopping for that second car seat and just didn’t notice the time.
Tags: carseat, Child Abuse, Omaha
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