NEW BRAUNFELS
, Texas
, March 9 (UPI) -- A Texas woman who left her baby daughter strapped in a car seat while she went to work found her child dead 9 hours later
, police in New Braunfels said.
Police said the mother
, identified by the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung as one of their employees
, Kayla Carlson
, is believed to have left the 6-month-old in the car by accident when she went in to work Tuesday
, the San Antonio Express-News reported. When the mother returned to the car at 5 p.m.
, she immediately called for assistance
, and emergency workers pronounced the baby dead.
A justice of the peace ordered an autopsy.Related Topics Articles：
