A California woman is jailed on charges related to the death of her 18-month-old toddler inside a hot car, according to Mendocino County authorities.
Deputies were called to Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, California, Wednesday afternoon after the death of a young boy identified as Chergery Teywoh Lew Mays.
The child had been taken to the hospital by his mother, Alexandra Raven Scott, Detective Sgt. Andrew Porter with the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said in a press release on Facebook.
Scott, a resident of Humboldt County, went to visit friends in Willits around 3 a.m. Wednesday, leaving the boy inside the car for hours.
"It is believed the child was left unattended in the back seat of the vehicle with the windows rolled up for about 10 hours," Porter said.
Credit: Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
Credit: Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
The temperature was about 80 degrees in Willits when the boy was found around 1 p.m., but officials told KTLA-TV it was more like 130 degrees inside the car.
Scott is jailed without bail on suspicion of willfully causing or permitting a child to suffer great bodily injury or death.
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