Toddler dies locked in sweltering car

A babysitter in the United States who allegedly left a three-year-old in a car unsupervised for eight hours has been charged with negligent homicide.

Genee Brumfield from Louisiana, who is also the godmother of the victim, left the child in the car while visiting her mother on the way to the day care center.

All the doors and windows were locked, while the heat inside the car reached 65 degrees Celsius.

According to the police, it took eight hours until Brumfield’s sister discovered the unattended child. The unconscious boy could not be recovered.

“We are still fact-finding. We are still talking to neighbors, relatives, anyone who may have information as to what happened, trying to determine from resident if someone may have seen the child in the vehicle,” the spokesman told reports.

The convict was emotionally traumatized after finding out what she had done, and was sent to hospital.

By Kang Yoon-seung
(koreacolin@gmail.com)
Intern reporter