Baby
found dead after being left in van in Okaloosa Co.
OKALOOSA CO. Fla. (WPMI) — The Okaloosa County
Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a seven-week-old
baby was left in a family vehicle Sunday for
approximately eight hours.
The OCSO received a
911 call around 9:30 PM when the baby was discovered
dead inside a van at a family member’s home in Mary
Esther.
The family member reportedly was not
aware that the child’s mother had placed the baby in a
rear-facing car seat inside the vehicle after church,
around 12:45 PM on Sunday.