Grandfather Charged After Toddler Dies in Car
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A Philadelphia man accused of leaving his 20-month-old granddaughter in a broiling car for nearly eight hours was charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Prosecutors said Calvin Howell, 54, apparently forgot to drop Sasha Fogle off at a baby-sitter’s home and went to work, leaving the child in the car as temperatures outside soared into the 90s.
Authorities said he worked his shift at the city sanitation department and visited a car repair shop before noticing Sasha’s slumped body. An autopsy confirmed that the child died of heatstroke.
Sasha’s mother, Ayesha Fogle, said her father shouldn’t face charges. “He loved me. He loved my daughter,” Fogle, 25, told WPVI-TV. “It was an accident.”
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