8-year-old dies after mom allegedly left her in car during high heat to go to workA North Carolina mother has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after she allegedly left her 8-year-old daughter in a hot car while at work and the girl died, police said.
Her mother, 36-year-old Ashlee Stallings, allegedly left her daughter in the vehicle "in hot weather conditions" and the 8-year-old suffered a medical emergency, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in aStallings allegedly told police she had left her daughter in her car while she was at work, running with the air on, but "believed the victim turned the car off because she was cold," the arrest warrant affidavit stated.
Medical staff at the hospital told police the girl suffered brain herniation due to hyperthermia, according to the affidavit.