Baby dies in hot car as grandma thinks she dropped her at daycare - Shepherd Digest Magazine

A four-month-old infant was found dead after she was left inside a vehicle for most of the day.

The incident happened in Oklahoma, United States of America.

Her grandmother had thought she had left the girl at a daycare centre before going to work.

“She apparently had thought that she dropped off the child this morning, which she had not,” Mark Opgrande, a spokesman with the Oklahoma County sheriff’s office told KFOR news channel.

“After she got off work, she drove back to Luther to stop by the child care centre.

“They informed her that she did not drop off the child and they went, proceeded to look for the child inside the daycare. They couldn’t find her. That’s when they went out to the vehicle, and then discovered her outside in the back of the car. She was deceased.”

The fire department was called to Apple Creek Learning Centre in Luther at around 5.30pm on Friday. The four-month-old was found still inside the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

The grandmother, whose name has not yet been released, is being interviewed by police investigators at the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office who will prepare a report and send it on to the attorney’s office.

“She’s being questioned, she’s obviously distraught, this is a tragic situation and that’s why we remind parents all the time. It’s hot out and things like this aren’t supposed to happen, but they do.”

The grandmother has custody of the baby. No charges have so far been filed.