A mother and father were charged with manslaughter in their daughter’s death after Florida police say they left their 18-month-old in a car after returning home from a Fourth of July party.
Joel and Jazmine Rondon, 33, went to a holiday celebration in Lakeland with their three children — all under the age of 9 — and did not return home until 3:00 a.m.
Wednesday morning, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Jazmine told Joel to bring in the 18-month-old while she took the other two children inside upon their return, the sheriff’s office said.”
Joel brought stuff inside their home, and when he went back outside, he saw all four doors to the Hyundai Elantra closed and assumed Jazmine had gotten the toddler out,” the sheriff’s office said.
The couple went to bed and did not inquire about their 18-month-old until Joel asked one of the older children to check on the toddler at about 11:00 a.m.
She was pronounced dead after the couple rushed to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.
Her internal body temperature was above 104 degrees at 2:42 p.m.
Joel and Jazmine submitted to drug tests later that evening and the parents each tested positive for marijuana and alcohol.
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