Nurse charged after leaving 1-year-old in hot car while at work; attorney claims she was ‘tired’

Law enforcement authorities have filed murder charges against 29-year-old Deja Coleman after her toddler was discovered dead inside a locked car.

Officers were dispatched to Northside Gwinnett Hospital at approximately 3:50 p.m. following a report of a child inside a car, according to Lawrenceville Police Department officials who spoke with CBS News Atlanta.

The officers quickly located the vehicle in the hospital’s employee parking lot and broke the glass to rescue the child and perform life-saving procedures. The one-year-old boy was pronounced dead on scene…

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