Police in Georgia have charged a mom and two people with homicide after a 3-month-old child died from allegedly being wrapped in a moist blanket and positioned in entrance of an air conditioner.
A case report reviewed by PEOPLE reveals that on Tuesday, Aug. 6, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to a name at a Price range Inn resort positioned at 1616 Gordon Freeway about “an unknown scenario” shortly after 2:00 a.m.
Upon their arrival, police state that toddler Josiah Noel Seright was discovered wrapped in a moist blanket inside a automotive seat subsequent to an air-con unit on the resort, reviews WJBF, WSAZ-TV, and The Augusta Chronicle.
Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace
In accordance with the shops, the unit was allegedly set to 61 levels for an unknown period of time whereas the child’s mom, September De’asia Seright, 19, and two different adults, Lamisha Diane Seright, 42, and Bennie Antonio Nash, 39, remained within the room and lounged on a sofa and mattress.
The infant was transported to Wellstar MCG Well being for therapy, the place he was pronounced lifeless at 2:37 a.m., the case report reveals.
Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace
Whereas the case stays underneath investigation, authorities state the child died from hypothermia and respiratory failure, reviews WJBF, The Augusta Chronicle, and The Augusta Press.
Hypothermia happens after a physique is uncovered to “chilly, moist, or windy situations,” the Cleveland Clinic states on its web site.
“Ultimately, with continued publicity to chilly temperatures, your physique makes use of up its saved power and your physique temperature begins to fall. Hypothermia is a medical emergency and wishes instant therapy,” the Cleveland Clinic provides, noting that “infants have the best floor space for his or her weight and lose warmth probably the most quickly.”
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The three adults have been arrested and charged with cruelty to a toddler within the second diploma and homicide within the second diploma, the case report reveals. PEOPLE has reached out to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Workplace for remark.
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