MORNING HEADLINES | A 4-month-old was found alone Aug. 25 in a vehicle without a running engine or air-conditioning in Kingstree. When law enforcement arrived at the scene at Dollar General, the baby was already being transported to the local hospital.
The baby boy later died, according to Kingstree police, and the adult, 52, who was with the baby is now charged with homicide by child abuse.
He was the first child in South Carolina to die after being left in a hot car this year and the 25th since 1998, according to data from noheatstroke.org.
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