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Baby, Dog Die After Being Left In Hot Car For 6+ Hours By Virginia Caretaker: Sheriff
A 40-year-old Virginia woman has been arrested for leaving a baby and dog in a hot car for nearly six hours, where both died.
Kristen Danielle Graham, of Seaford, had been caring for the child — whose mom is 17 years old — for two days, York County Sheriff Ron Montgomery said.
Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 12, Graham went to bring cigarettes to a friend caring for an elderly man in Newport News, Montgomery said. Graham loaded the baby, identified as Myracle Wicker, in the back of the vehicle, along with a small dog, and went to a 7-Eleven to buy a bottle of apple juice and cigarettes, the she…