IL - 1-month old baby dies in hot car - September 17, 2024

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Peoria County Coroner: Infant found dead Monday died of 'extreme dehydration and hyperthermia'

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said evidence from an autopsy Tuesday suggested that 1-month-old Grayson Luncsford had been left in a car without food or water for an "extended period."

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Peoria police arrested the child's mother, 25-year-old Andrea Luncsford, on Tuesday. She has been charged with endangering the health and life of a child.

 

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WEEK reported that Harwood said it is difficult to determine how exactly how long the baby had been in the vehicle but that it had been more than four hours.
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WEEK said Luncsford has a criminal record dating back to 2019 when she was charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer in Chillicothe. She was charged with that same crime again in 2022 in Peoria County and again in 2023 in McLean County.

Newborn dies after being left in hot car in Peoria

A newborn has died after being left in a hot car in Peoria.

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Grayson’s official cause of death, according to the autopsy, is hyperthermia and severe dehydration.

Mother arrested after infant found dead in Peoria

Police were called to the 2400 block of North Peoria Avenue

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Peoria County Coroner: Infant found dead Monday died of 'extreme dehydration and hyperthermia'

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said evidence from an autopsy Tuesday suggested that 1-month-old Grayson Luncsford had been left in a car without food or water for an "extended period."

www.wcbu.org