North Carolina mom charged after infant dies in hot car
IREDELL COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A mother was arrested and charged Thursday for the death of a 5-month-old girl in Iredell County, deputies said.
The sheriff’s office confirmed that deputies were called on Sunday afternoon to a home on Old Mountain Road, near Troutman.
The sheriff said the baby was found dead inside a car. After an autopsy, investigators learned the girl died from environmental hyperthermia.
According to deputies, the mother, Madison Moore, said the girl was left in a car for several hours, which matched up with the her cause of death.
Moore was charged with one count of felony involuntary manslaughter.
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