FL - Girl, 10 months, dies after being left in hot car to sleep by babysitter, Baker Co, July 2023 *arrest*

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(CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child after a 10-month-old she was caring for was found unresponsive in a car that had reached an internal temperate of over 133 degrees, according to an arrest report from the Baker County Sheriff’s office.

According to the report, Rhonda Jewell is accused of leaving the baby unattended in the vehicle for “at least 5 hours” while outside temperatures reached 98 degrees Fahrenheit, which resulted in the 10-month-old’s death.

The report said Jewell was supposed to be babysitting the infant, along with three other children. She had picked the girl up at the parents’ home and driven to another location, where she was going to babysit all four children. However, Jewell told investigators that when she got there, she assumed the baby was asleep, so she went inside the home and started interacting with the other children, “completely” forgetting about the baby being left in the car, the report said.

“It wasn’t until the decedent’s mother arrived at the address (…) to pick up her child, that the decedent’s mother found her to still be strapped in a car seat inside the hot vehicle,” the report added.

The detective investigating the case examined the 10-month-old, who was pronounced dead at a hospital, and found the child’s skin to “still be very hot to the touch.” Medical staff took an internal temperature of the baby and found an internal temperature of 110 degrees, but stated that 110 “is (the) highest temperature the thermometer could read.”

Jewell was arrested for the aggravated manslaughter of a child resulting in death and taken to the Baker County Detention Center Thursday. She does not currently have an attorney listed

Florida 10-month-old dies after being left in hot car that reached 133 degrees

By Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess(CNN) — A Florida woman has been arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child after a 10-month-old she was caring for was found unresponsive in a car that had rea

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[imstilla.grandma]

Jewell had taken care of the child on multiple occasions since June, deputies said.

With the baby in the car, Jewell drove to another home where she was taking care of another child, deputies said. Jewell went into the house when she arrived, leaving the baby in the car, according to the release.

Around 1 p.m., the baby’s mother arrived at the house to pick up her daughter, deputies said, and it was then that Jewell realized she had left the baby in the car.

During the five hours the baby was in the car, temperatures reached a high of 99 degrees Fahrenheit, Fox Weather reported.

The baby was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead, deputies said.

“Each of us are given the gift of life every morning we wake up and every evening when we finish our day, we are blessed if our family is safe and healthy,” Baker County Sheriff Scotty Rhoden said on Facebook on July 20. “In the blink of an eye, our world can be turned upside down. Please be mindful of this when trying to understand the tragedy that took place in our small town yesterday.”

The Macclenny baby is the sixth and youngest child to die in the state this year from extreme temperatures inside a vehicle, noheatstroke.org reports.

Macclenny is about 30 miles west of Jacksonville.

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article277499828.html

 

[Jovi Girl]

How did she completely forget a 10 month old ? They need bottles, lunch, diapers etc. I’m enraged.

 

[mistywaterflower]

This is my hometown, I seen this all over social media and the news and I'm just sadden for all involved. Commenters on social media have their pitchforks ready tbh.

And just yesterday there was another situation in BC where a mother left her 4 kids under 10 in a hot car, but other people and law enforcement was able to intervene, and she was arrested. It seems like when one event like this happens more always follows.