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Hammond child dies in hot car, man arrested
- Joseph Boatman, 35, from Hammond, was taken into custody and faces second-degree murder charges after his toddler daughter passed away following being left inside a parked vehicle for several hours on Sunday.
- Boatman picked up his daughter shortly after 2:30 a.m., secured her in her car seat outside a Madisonville home, then went back inside the residence without coming back outside to the vehicle.
- Authorities report that Boatman had ingested several alcoholic drinks before placing the child in the vehicle, where she remained unattended for over nine hours until discovered unresponsive by a family member just before noon.
- Sheriff Randy Smith described the situation as a tragic event that no family wishes to experience and emphasized that leaving a child in a vehicle during extreme heat—when temperatures exceed a heat index of 100 degrees—can quickly become fatal.
- The STPSO Major Crimes Unit continues to investigate the case, which involved compromised judgment and resulted in a heartbreaking outcome for the family and community.
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