Thursday, October 6, 2016, 12:15 PM

Thursday, October 6, 2016, 12:15 PM

Muskogee police have confirmed the name of the aunt who allegedly left a six-week-old boy in her car all day long yesterday, leading to his death.

Shelly Leath Hopkins is alleged to have taken over caring for the boy after the boy’s mother got into trouble because of drugs when the baby was born. Hopkins was taking the boy to a daycare center at her work and allegedly forgot to drop him off before going in to work.

When she finished her shift, she went to the daycare center to retrieve the boy and was told she had never dropped him off, witnesses report. She went in a panic to the car, and that’s where she found the boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

There is no word on whether or when she will be charged with a crime.