Man charged with infant son’s hot car death in Upper St. Clair waives preliminary hearing

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — Khang Nguyen waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday, nearly three months after his infant son died.

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Nguyen is out on bond, and Channel 11′s Gabriella DeLuca spoke to him on the way into his hearing.

Police say Nguyen left his 3-month-old son, Kayden, in a hot car for more than six hours in June. It was one of the hottest days of the summer.

Nguyen’s defense attorney Bill Difenderfer waived the hearing, then spoke to us about how his client is doing.

“Not good. The family, the wife, it’s horrible. You can imagine,” he said.

Nguyen owns Envy Nail Salon in Upper Saint Clair, and police say he left Kayden in that parking lot when he went into work.

Days after the baby’s death, we saw county detectives using a temperature gun aimed at a van, presumably to see how hot it got inside.

Nguyen wasn’t charged until August, when Kayden’s medical examiner report came back. Now, he awaits his trial.

“I spent a lot of time with him, and I’ve given him my peace of mind as my guess as (to) the results. I don’t see incarceration with this, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself,” Difenderfer added.

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