Infant Was In Hot Car For 4+ Hours Before She Died, NJ Mom Charged, Prosecutor Says

Police announced charges against the Morris County woman who they say left her baby in a hot car for more than four hours before she died last month.

East Hanover police
Photo Credit: *East Hanover PD*

Sam Barron

08/01/2024 9:23 p.m.

Livia Patelli, a 33-year-old Roseland resident, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the Wednesday, July 17 death of her six-month-old daughter in East Hanover, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and East Hanover Police Chief Christopher Cannizzo said.

Police had been called to a parking lot on South Ridgedale Avenue on Route 10 that day around 1:30 p.m., where they found the baby in a hot vehicle, authorities said. The baby was pronounced dead at a local hospital, authorities said

An investigation determined the infant was left unattended in the car for 4.5 hours. The high that day in East Hanover was 93 degrees, according to AccuWeather.

Patelli was released pending a court appearance, authorities said.

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