A woman was arrested Wednesday after police said a child was found unattended in a vehicle that was not running, according to the Orlando Police Department.Shortly after 9 a.m., a police officer was called to the scene at 5730 Lake Underhill Road after someone reported they had seen the child in the car. Fire crews were already at the scene when the officer made contact with the 3-year-old child, who he said was "very thirsty and sweating profusely."Maria Milagros Lozada Muniz, the person who police said was supposed to be taking care of the child, was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail. Muniz, who police said spoke very little English, told officers that she had an appointment at the Health Department at 9 a.m. and that she had forgotten that the child was in the car. She did not return to the vehicle until 9:45 a.m., investigators said.The mother of the 3-year-old was reunited with her child and the Florida Department of Children and Families is now conducting a separate investigation.

A woman was arrested Wednesday after police said a child was found unattended in a vehicle that was not running, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Shortly after 9 a.m., a police officer was called to the scene at 5730 Lake Underhill Road after someone reported they had seen the child in the car. Fire crews were already at the scene when the officer made contact with the 3-year-old child, who he said was "very thirsty and sweating profusely."


Maria Milagros Lozada Muniz, the person who police said was supposed to be taking care of the child, was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail.

Muniz, who police said spoke very little English, told officers that she had an appointment at the Health Department at 9 a.m. and that she had forgotten that the child was in the car. She did not return to the vehicle until 9:45 a.m., investigators said.

The mother of the 3-year-old was reunited with her child and the Florida Department of Children and Families is now conducting a separate investigation.