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A Florida mother has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for leaving her infant in her truck on a hot day for four hours, resulting in the child's death.
On Wednesday, Megan Dauphin, 32, of Panama City, was given the maximum sentence after being found guilty in April of the aggravated manslaughter of her newborn, McKinlee Grace Garner, WJHG reports.
On Sept. 2, 2020, Dauphin got in her Chevy Tahoe with her baby and drove to buy cigarettes, Bay County Prosecutor Peter Overstreet said in court, WMBB reports.
When she got home, she walked into the house without McKinlee.
She didn't realize the baby was still in the truck until four hours later, when her step-daughter asked where McKinlee was, WMBB reports.
Dauphin initially said McKinlee was in the living room, the stepdaughter said. When Dauphin realized she wasn't there, she raced to the truck, but the baby was already dead, the stepdaughter said, WMBB reports.
Dauphin was high on methamphetamine when she left McKinlee in the car, authorities said, according to WMBB.
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On Wednesday, Megan Dauphin, 32, of Panama City, was given the maximum sentence after being found guilty in April of the aggravated manslaughter of her newborn, McKinlee Grace Garner, WJHG reports.
On Sept. 2, 2020, Dauphin got in her Chevy Tahoe with her baby and drove to buy cigarettes, Bay County Prosecutor Peter Overstreet said in court, WMBB reports.
When she got home, she walked into the house without McKinlee.
She didn't realize the baby was still in the truck until four hours later, when her step-daughter asked where McKinlee was, WMBB reports.
Dauphin initially said McKinlee was in the living room, the stepdaughter said. When Dauphin realized she wasn't there, she raced to the truck, but the baby was already dead, the stepdaughter said, WMBB reports.
Dauphin was high on methamphetamine when she left McKinlee in the car, authorities said, according to WMBB.
Panama City mother sentenced in hot car death case
A Panama City mother will spend 30 years in prison for leaving her baby in a hot car. The state attorney’s office says that’s the maximum sentence for the charges Megan Dauphin was convicted of back in April.
