10-Month-Old Girl Dies in Hot Car After Mom Allegedly Says She Got Called into Work and Forgot About Child: Police

Mar. 15, 2025

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On Tuesday, Aug. 13, at around 4 pm., officers with the Jennings Police Department received a call from Ochsner Hospital regarding a 10-month-old girl who was left in a hot car, police said in apress release.

The child’s mother claimed to investigators that her daughter had been in the car for about an hour and a half, according to police. The mother said that she inadvertently left her daughter in the car after being called into work, police alleged.

Police said at the time that the child was in critical condition. However,KPLCreports, citing police, that the girl was pronounced dead at about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14.

The mother has not been charged with a crime.

According toAccuweather, temperatures got as high as 95 degrees in Jennings on Tuesday.

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“We’ll have to do some type of reenactment if possible to try and determine what the temperature in the car was, but our initial estimates were in excess of 120 degrees,” Jennings Police Chief Danny Semmes told KPLC.

Police said in the release that the investigation remains ongoing.

source: people.com