- The Miami-Date County Medical Examiner confirmed Tauber died of hyperthemia, and heat exhaustion on Monday
- The child was one of several children from the family to attend a Jewish daycare
- Tauber's father spoke to cops after claiming that he had forgotten to take his son out of the car
- He rushed back to his car after an employee at the daycare told him that his son hadn't been seen all day at 3 p.m .
- Temperatures outside were in the mid-90s Fahrenheit on Monday, with the heat index indicating 103 Fahreheit as the highest temperature
A three-year-old boy died after being 'mistakenly' left in a hot car outside a Miami preschool where both his parents are staff members.
Sholom Tauber was one of several children from the same family who attend Lubavitch Educational Center - a Jewish daycare - in Miami Gardens, according to the Miami Herald.
Temperatures outside were in the mid-90s Fahrenheit, with the heat index indicating 103 Fahreheit as the highest temperature on Monday.
The unresponsive child was rushed to Jackson North Medical Center by helicopter, where he was pronounced dead, after spending more than eight hours in his father's car.
The Miami-Date County Medical Examiner confirmed Tauber died of hyperthemia, and heat exhaustion, and listed the death as as accidental, according to NBC Miami.
The boy's father, who remains unidentified, was interviewed by police to assess whether the incident was accidental, the Herald reported. Authorities believe he forgot about his son after he pulled into work at the daycare on Monday morning.
Later that day, at around 3 p.m., the father rushed to his car after a person at the daycare told him that his son hadn't been seen all day. However, the child was already believed to be dead, the Herald reports.
'This tragedy hits close to home, and many in our school community have been affected by it. No words can capture the heartbreak and sadness we feel,' Rabbi Benzion Korf, the center's dean, said in a short statement issued late Monday.
Korf said a therapist and grief counselor would be available for staff and students at the center on Tuesday.
'Our deepest sympathies are with the family at this time of great loss,' Benzion Korf wrote. 'We ask the community for their prayers and to respect the family's privacy as they grieve.'
Police are also looking into obtaining a warrant to access the daycare's surveillance cameras or any security footage nearby the area to analyze the incident.
And for the meantime, it remains unclear how many of the victim's family members are still attending the daycare.
Florida is the state with the second-highest hot car related deaths in the U.S., after Texas, according to the National Safety Council.
Officially, there have been 99 hot car deaths in the Sunshine State since 1998. On average, that's a bit more than four per year.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the investigation into the boy's death remains ongoing.