Mother charged in baby’s hot car death was getting hair done: police
(Reuters) – A 25-year-old South Carolina woman was in jail on Tuesday on a murder charge for the death of her 13-month-old daughter, who police said she left in a car last month while she went to a hair salon in suburban Atlanta.
The mother, DiJanelle Fowler, kept the car running with the air conditioning on, but the car’s battery died while she was inside the beauty shop in Tucker, Georgia, on June 15, said DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell.
Police believe Skylar Fowler was dead by the time her mother returned to the car a few hours later, Campbell said.
“Instead of calling 911, she called roadside assistance to get her battery jumped,” Campbell said in a phone interview.
Fowler concealed the baby from the person who helped restart her car, then went to a hospital and called 911, Campbell said.
The mother told police she herself had passed out from some sort of medical condition, Campbell said. But the child’s condition indicated she had died sooner than the time Fowler suggested, the police spokeswoman said.
The high temperature in DeKalb County that day was 92 degrees Fahrenheit at 5 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Fowler left the area after her daughter’s death. She was arrested late on Monday after turning herself in to DeKalb County Police, who had been searching for her, Campbell said.
In addition to the second-degree murder charge, she also is charged with second-degree cruelty to children and concealing a death, jail records show. Court records did not show whether Fowler had hired a lawyer.
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