A Florida babysitter is facing manslaughter charges over the death of an infant who was accidentally left in a car for hours amid scorching temperatures.
for hours amid scorching temperatures, authorities said.
Rhonda Jewell, 46, picked up a 10-month-old baby girl from the mother's residence in Macclenny, just west of Jacksonville, on Wednesday morning at approximately 8 a.m. ET, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office. Jewell then drove to another residence in Macclenny where she was going to babysit other children as well. When she arrived, she went inside the home, leaving the infant in the car, the sheriff's office said.
Jewell was subsequently arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child and taken to the Baker County Detention Center in Macclenny. She had an initial court appearance on Thursday morning and the judge set her bond at $25,000 with GPS monitoring upon release, according to the sheriff's office. It was unclear whether Jewell had entered a plea or hired a defense attorney.
The sheriff's office decided to wait a day before releasing a statement on the incident "due to the nature of the tragedy and respect for the victim's family and our entire community," according to Rhoden, who noted that it's department protocol to post the information on social media upon making an arrest.
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