(WHDH) — A caretaker is facing a murder charge in the death of a young disabled woman who passed away after being left in a scorching-hot car for nearly five hours, authorities said.
Officers investigating the death of a cerebral palsy patient at Wake Forest Baptist Baptist High Point Hospital in North Carolina on Aug. 10 learned that the 21-year-old victim had been suffering from a temperature of over 110 degrees, according to the High Point Police Department.
Police later learned that Briea D. Askew, 29, of Greensboro, had allegedly left the victim unattended in a vehicle without air conditioning as heat and humidity reached excessive levels.
Askew was arrested Monday and booked on a charge of second-degree murder. She is being held on $200,000 bond.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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