A 7-week-old baby was found dead Sunday night in Florida after authorities said the child was left in a van for about eight hours
Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies found the child around 9:30 p.m. Sunday while responding to a 911 call at a home in Mary Esther.
Deputies said that family members didn’t realize that the baby’s mother left the infant in a rear-facing car seat. The baby was left in the seat around 12:45 p.m., after family members went to church.
Temperatures in the area reached 90 degrees Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Authorities did not say whether the infant’s death was heat-related.
Authorities continued to investigate the case Monday.
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