Atlanta mother charged with murder in hot car death appears in court

A metro Atlanta mother accused of leaving her 1-year-old son in a hot car while she went to work appeared in court on Tuesday for her preliminary hearing.

Deja Coleman faces a second-degree murder charge and a second-degree cruelty to children charge after Lawrenceville Police said she left her son locked in her car in the employee parking lot of Northside Gwinnett Hospital on July 30.

Officers arriving at the scene broke a window to get the 1-year-old Daniel out and give him medical treatment. He was pronounced dead at the scene…

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