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GLUCKSTADT, Miss. — A 2-year-old girl was found dead inside her mother’s car at a Mississippi daycare Wednesday afternoon.

Temperatures in the area around 80 degrees, meant the car likely exceeded 100 degrees inside.

According to multiple media reports, Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker says the mother thought she had taken her child to Little Footprints Learning Center in Gluckstadt, about 18 miles north of Jackson, before going to work Wednesday.

When she returned to pick her up, daycare workers told her she hadn’t dropped her off.

Tucker says the mother immediately became distraught, ran to her car and realized the child was still in her car seat.

Tucker says it’s a tragic accident and based on the evidence it doesn’t appear that any charges will be filed.

Each jurisdiction decides whether to file charges.

Authorities have not released the name of the child or the parents.



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