Mom charged after 1-year-old found dead in hot car while she worked her hospital shift
- A Georgia mother is facing second-degree murder and child cruelty charges after she allegedly forgot that her 1-year-old child was left in a hot car for nine hours while she worked.
- Deja Coleman, 29, works at Northside Gwinnett Hospital in Gwinnett County.
- On Wednesday morning, police say she dropped her two older children off at daycare but forgot to return to the car for the baby, who was strapped into a car seat in the back, before driving to work, WSB-TV reports.
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- A Georgia mother is facing second-degree murder and child cruelty charges after she allegedly forgot that her 1-year-old child was left in a hot car for nine hours while she worked.
- Deja Coleman, 29, works at Northside Gwinnett Hospital in Gwinnett County.
- On Wednesday morning, police say she dropped her two older children off at daycare but forgot to return to the car for the baby, who was strapped into a car seat in the back, before driving to work, WSB-TV reports.
Sources: The Independent