Rhonda Jewell was arrested and charged with manslaughter after a toddler in her care was discovered unresponsive in her scorching automotive (Image: Baker County Sheriff’s Workplace / google maps)
A babysitter in Florida was arrested on Wednesday after a 10-month-old little one in her care died after being left in a scorching automotive.
Rhonda Jewell, 46, was arrested for manslaughter after a toddler in her care was discovered unresponsive in her automotive.
In keeping with the Baker County Sheriff’s Workplace, Jewell picked up the kid round 8.00am on Wednesday morning from her mom’s house in Macclenny, Florida.
Jewell had been babysitting the kid ‘on events’ since June 2023, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
After the drop-off, Jewell then drove to a different house in the identical city the place she was babysitting different youngsters. When she bought to house, she left the 10-month-old inside her automotive.
‘It wasn’t till the mom of the toddler arrived round 1.00pm to choose up the toddler that Rhonda realized the toddler was left within the automobile,’ the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a information launch.
Florida is presently going by way of a warmth wave as a big ‘warmth dome’ expands throughout the nation.
A big portion of the Sunshine State is beneath an extreme warmth warning, with temperature indexes anticipated to rise to 113-115 levels Fahrenheit on Friday.
Baker County, situated simply west of Jacksonville, recorded temperatures as excessive as 93 levels Fahrenheit on Wednesday. Authorities estimated the interior temperature of the automotive the kid was left in was as excessive as 133 levels Fahrenheit.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, they discovered the toddler mendacity on the seat of a golf cart, the place first responders have been attempting to carry out life-saving measures.
A police report obtained by First Coast Information mentioned that deputies estimated the kid was left within the automotive for about 5 hours on the scorching scorching day.
First responders mentioned her pores and skin was ‘very popular to the contact,’ and a thermometer recorded her temperature at 110 levels Fahrenheit. Nonetheless, her precise inside temperature might have been greater, as this was the utmost the gadget might register.
Jewell was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a kid. She was launched after paying her $25,000 bond, and was geared up with a GPS ankle monitor.
‘As Sheriff, I wish to take a second to acknowledge the magnitude of the tragedy felt all through our county yesterday,’ Baker County Sheriff Scotty Rhoden mentioned. ‘I’m asking my neighborhood to respect the privateness of the sufferer’s household and to please be part of me in prayer for the household and everybody concerned.’
The sheriff additionally requested for privateness and respect for the grieving household.
‘Within the blink of a watch, our world will be turned the other way up,’ Rhoden mentioned. Please be aware of this when attempting to grasp the tragedy that passed off in our small city yesterday.’
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