BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A woman is now criminally charged in the hot car death of a Bessemer 3-year-old.
Kela Stanford is charged with leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in a manner that creates an unreasonable risk of injury or harm, announced Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr on Friday.
“This is a terrible tragedy that was completely avoidable and unnecessary. Our condolences go out to Ketorrius’s family,” Carr wrote in a release.
Ketorrius “KJ” Starkes Jr, of Bessemer, was found alone inside of a car Tuesday evening at a home on the 1500 block of Pine Tree Drive in Birmingham. According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, the vehicle was off, and windows were rolled up at the time Starks was found…