MIAMI — A Florida woman was arrested after a 2-year-old child she inadvertently left in a hot car for seven hours died, investigators said.
Miami-Dade police said Juana Perez-Domingo was supposed to drive the child to daycare early Friday morning but instead went back to her own home because the daycare was not yet opened.
Perez-Domingo, 43, forgot the child was in her car and returned to the vehicle seven hours later. She called the child’s mother and drove to the mother’s house. The child died during that time. Police said Perez-Domingo also did not have a valid driver’s license.
Perez-Domingo was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, according to jail records. She was given $50,000 bond.
The child’s autopsy was scheduled for Saturday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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