A 2-year-old child died as a consequence of a couple’s negligent actions in Arkansas; they were charged with the crime of murder after abandoning four children in a hot car.
After reportedly leaving their children in the car outside of Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Sunday, Deja (27) and Justin Rollins (29) were already facing child abuse and neglect charges.
Police arrived at the location on word that another youngster, a three-year-old who was not named, had to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
According to the Jacksonville police, the couple reportedly refused to tell them where their four other children, who were aged 2, 4, 7, and 10, were.
When hospital security found the car, they broke in and rescued the children. The youngsters were inside the vehicle in the hospital parking lot.
The youngsters were all taken inside the hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion.
Sadly, 2-year-old Jay’Dien Rollins was declared dead the next day.
As part of their subsequent investigation, Jacksonville authorities also discovered a severely undernourished dog inside their home; they subsequently surrendered the animal to Jacksonville Animal Services.
At a hearing on Tuesday, they pled not guilty to all charges,
The Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility is now housing both Justin and Deja without bond.
On Monday, the San Antonio Police Department and Metro Health utilized dummies to show how hot it can become inside a car without air conditioning. The automobile reportedly reached 110 degrees inside after only 15 minutes.
Over 900 children have perished as a result of being in overheated automobiles since 1998.
Good Samaritan laws enacted by 25 states protect citizens from liability if they break into a vehicle to rescue a person or pet.
The danger of dying in a heated automobile grows exponentially with each passing minute. Therefore, people should feel safe acting quickly without fear of punishment.
