BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) has implemented a new policy in Jefferson County following the death of a 3-year-old boy in foster care who was left in a hot car by a DHR contract worker.
Ke’Torrius ‘KJ’ Starkes, Jr. was found dead in Kela Stanford’s car on July 22 around 5:30 p.m., according to Birmingham Police.
Stanford worked for Covenant Services, Inc., and was supposed to transport KJ from a scheduled visitation with his father to daycare but told his family in a phone call that she got “sidetracked.”
She has been charged with leaving a child in a vehicle…