LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC/Gray News) . – A woman was charged with second-degree murder after being accused of leaving her 6- month-old daughter in a hot car for five hours, according to authorities.
The baby’s mother, Ivy Lee, 22, flagged down an off-duty deputy Sunday afternoon and told him her daughter, Carissa Lewis, wasn’t breathing, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kayla Vincent said.
The off-duty deputy and another deputy who was patrolling the area performed life-saving measures on the baby.
Carissa was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
