Florida infant dies after being left in hot car; babysitter charged
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A 10-month-old child in Florida has died after her babysitter left her in a car while babysitting other children, authorities said Thursday. Rhonda Jewell, 46, was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, according to a report from the Baker County Sheriff's Office, after being accused of leaving the infant child unattended in a vehicle that was not running "while outside temperatures were 98 degrees Fahrenheit with temperatures inside the vehicle reaching over 133 degrees for a period of at least 5 hours." The incident unfolded around 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday when Jewell picked up the infant from the child's mother's home in north Macclenny, a city about 30 miles west of Jacksonville. She then drove to another home in the city where she was babysitting other children. Upon arriving at the second home, Jewell left the infant in the vehicle. According to the report from the sheriff's office, Jewell