Lawsuit filed in ‘tragic and brutal death’ of child left in hot car while in DHR’s care

The family of an Alabama foster child left to die inside a locked car where temperatures reached in excess of 140 degrees has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Ketorrius “KJ” Starkes Jr., a 3-year-old foster child, died July 22 while in the care of a DHR transport driver who had picked him up for a scheduled weekly visit with his father.

The driver, 54-year-old Kela Stanford, has been charged with leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle, which is a Class B felony. Stanford worked for Covenant Services but was immediately fired after KJ’s death…

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