Mom, 25, arrested after 1-month-old newborn left in hot car died of ‘severe’ hyperthermia and dehydration

An Illinois mom was arrested aft her 1-month-old boy died from “severe” hyperthermia and dehydration — aft nan newborn was abandoned successful a basking car for an “extended period,” according to authorities.

Andrea Luncsford, 25, was charged pinch endangering nan wellness and life of a child, aft her caller babe was recovered dormant Monday evening astir 7 p.m., nan Peoria Police Department said.

An autopsy revealed that nan baby, identified arsenic Grayson Luncsford, had been near successful a conveyance for an “extended period,” without food, water, aliases aerial conditioning, WCBU reported. 

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said it was difficult to find really agelong precisely small Grayson was near successful nan pickup truck, however, authorities told KBTX that he was near wrong nan conveyance for much than 4 hours.

The daytime precocious for Sept. 16 was 90 degrees, pinch a debased of 59 degrees, according to Weather.com.

Andrea Luncsford, 25, was charged pinch endangering nan wellness and life of a child, aft her babe was recovered dormant Monday, constabulary said. Peoria PD

The babe had been taken retired of nan pickup motortruck and placed successful a gait by his grandfather earlier cops arrived. Harwood said he had been dormant for “quite immoderate time” erstwhile he arrived.

“This, excessively is simply a preventable death,” Harwood said, according to WBCU.

“When you person an babe aliases a kid successful a car for immoderate magnitude of clip successful this heat, nan result is going to beryllium arsenic it is correct now today, which is we person nan decease of a 1-month-old who has died because they were successful a car pinch nary aerial conditioning, nary ventilation, nary nutrition, nary hydration.”‘

The 1-month-old died from profound dehydration and overheating, nan coroner said. Frank Bowen IV/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

The coroner wished that Grayson died arsenic a consequence of “gross neglect owed to terrible hyperthermia and profound dehydration,” The Kansas City Star reported.

Harwood urged parents to retrieve that an infant’s assemblage cannot grip being near unsocial successful a conveyance for an extended magnitude of time. 

“We person to retrieve … not moreover conscionable an infant, (but) moreover an big would suffer hyperthermia and dehydration,” Harwood said, WCBU reported.

“It’s going to hap a batch faster for an infant, unfortunately, because of assemblage aboveground area and nan constitution of their bodies and really vulnerable they are successful their infancy anyway.”