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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Mom charged after 1-year-old found dead in hot car while she worked her hospital shift

A Georgia mother is facing second-degree murder and child cruelty charges after she allegedly forgot that her 1-year-old child was left in a hot car for nine hours while she worked.

Deja Coleman, 29, works at Northside Gwinnett Hospital in Gwinnett County. On Wednesday morning, police say she dropped her two older children off at daycare but forgot to return to the car for the baby, who was strapped into a car seat in the back, before driving to work, WSB-TV reports.

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