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PLANTATION, Fla. \u2014 A Plantation daycare owner and staff members say they are devastated after authorities confirmed that a 1-year-old student was found dead Monday inside his father\u2019s SUV, describing the loss as one that has shaken their entire school community.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHard for the parents, hard for us,\u201d said Leslie Novoa, owner of A World of Discovery Academy, while holding back tears.<\/p>\n

Novia said the boy attended her daycare, located at 7025 Northwest Fourth Street, where she and staff members had known his family for more than six years.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single child that comes through our school becomes part of our family, and we are destroyed,\u201d said Carolina Quecano, an assistant director of the daycare.<\/p>\n

Novoa said the boy\u2019s father arrived at the daycare Monday afternoon to pick up his son, but staff quickly realized something was wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went out to confirm that the baby was never dropped off at the school and that\u2019s when we found out,\u201d Novoa said.<\/p>\n

According to Novoa, the father then opened the vehicle and made the heartbreaking discovery.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was screaming outside, \u2018Oh my God! Oh my God!\u2019 He was really sad,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Novoa called 911, and Plantation police responded, surrounding the SUV with crime scene tape as detectives investigated. A Broward County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office van later arrived while investigators processed the scene. <\/p>\n

The daycare administrators told Local 10 that the boy was the youngest of three siblings. His two older siblings also attended the school, and staff said they had developed a close relationship with the family over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are very nice, never a problem, always supportive,\u201d Quecano said. \u201cThe children are very happy. You could see very loved children.\u201d<\/p>\n

As police continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the child\u2019s death, Quecano urged the community to show compassion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t know what people are going through and it\u2019s a very important message to put to our community is that we should be supportive, not judgmental,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Other parents at the daycare also shared their condolences.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a parent you never want to lose a child,\u201d one mother said.<\/p>\n

Plantation police have said only that the case remains an active investigation and that no additional details are being released at this time.<\/p>\n

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