Posted by Amarachi on Fri 12th Jul, 2024 - tori.ng
The boy was found unresponsive outside of a beauty salon where his foster mother works shortly after 5 p.m.
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested after her 5-year-old foster son died while he was left in a hot car in Omaha, Nebraska, for about seven hours.
The boy was found unresponsive outside of a beauty salon where his foster mother works shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, according to Omaha police.
The 5-year-old was taken to a hospital where he was declared de@d, police said.
His foster mother, Juanita Pinon, of Omaha, was arrested and charged with child abuse by neglect, resulting in de@th, police announced Thursday, July 11.
"The suspect did not provide a statement to declare whether it was an accident or intentional," police spokesperson Chris Gordon told ABC News.
The temperature climbed to 89 degrees in Omaha on Wednesday.