Phoenix: A father wept at a court hearing after police say he left his toddler son in a hot car during a day of heavy drinking and the boy later died.

James Koryor, 41, was taken into custody on suspicion of manslaughter and child abuse yesterday after detectives determined he went to a liquor store with his 2-year-old, bought a bottle of gin, drank it on the way home and fell asleep inside his house.