judge spared kyle seitz , 37 , of ridgefield , received two years of conditional , a sentence similar to probation , at the hearing in danbury superior court after read aloud a letter written by his wife asking the judge for leniency on his behalf .
authorities seitz forgot to take his 15-month-old son , benjamin , to day care on the morning of july 7 , 2014 , and left him in the car for seven hours while he went to work .
after discovering benjamin 's death , the child 's mother said she forgave her husband of 12 years .