Babysitter arrested in death of 10-month-old girl left for 5 hours in car that reached 133 degrees: Deputies
Deputies in Baker County, Florida, did not name the 10-month-old victim in a Facebook post, but Sheriff Scotty Rhoden highlighted "the magnitude of the tragedy felt throughout our county yesterday."
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“Rhonda drove to another residence in south Macclenny where she was going to babysit other children as well,” they wrote. “Rhonda arrived and went into the residence, leaving the infant in the vehicle. It wasn’t until the mother of the infant arrived around 1:00 PM to pick up the infant that Rhonda realized the infant was left in the vehicle.”
The internal temperature of the car reached more than 133 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime. Temperatures outside were 98 degrees, authorities said.
Deputies claim Jewell left the child in the vehicle for at least five hours.
The baby was taken to Fraser Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead, deputies said.
Medical staff found the baby’s internal temperature to be 110 degrees Fahrenheit, which was the highest that the thermometer could measure. The girl’s external temperature was 102.1 degrees Fahrenheit, they said.
