Mother Purposely Left Her 8-Year-Old Child In Hot Car For 3.5 Hours While At Work

Charlotte Mother Charged For Knowingly Leaving Her 8-Year-Old Child In Hot Car For 3.5 Hours While At Work

A Charlotte mother, Ashlee Rochelle Stallings, is facing charges after purposely leaving her 8-year-old daughter in a cruel summer hot car while she went to work at her Amazon Fulfillment Center!

On June 26th around 6:30 p.m., officers from the Freedom Division responded to an Assist MEDIC call concerning an unresponsive child, per Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news.

First responders discovered an 8-year-old “in critical condition inside of a vehicle” following their arrival and unfortunately the girl died in the hospital. A crime scene was set up, and detectives gathered evidence.

A statement was the released saying: “Upon further investigation, it was determined that the victim was left in a vehicle in hot weather conditions and suffered a medical emergency.”

Ashlee Stallings Mugshot / Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office

According to Charlotte ABC station WSOC, the mother claimed that she left the child in the car for around 3.5 hours but that they communicated at least once during that time.

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Ashlee said that it had been around 1.5 hours since she received a text message from her daughter when she walked out to the car and saw her child foaming out the mouth and hardly breathing. This prompted her to break the car’s back glass with an hammer and began driving to the nearest hospital, but she stopped at a neighboring store and dialed 911.

According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by ABC News, the mother admitted to officers that she willfully left her kid in the car while driving to work at the Amazon Fulfillment Center. Although Stallings said she left the car running, and the air conditioner turned on, she assumed her daughter had gotten cold and decided to turn off the automobile.

The mother was taken into custody on Thursday and charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of child abuse by willful act causing severe injury, authorities announced.