New details emerge
in heat-related death of Columbus toddler found in hot
car
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — New
details are emerging this morning in Sunday’s
heat-related death of a three-year-old child found
unresponsive in a car at the Wendy’s on Wynnton Road.
Kendrick Engram Jr., was pronounced dead at 8:32
p.m. by the Muscogee County Coroner’s office.
The
boy was still strapped in a car seat, according to
Coroner Buddy Bryan.
“There were signs that he
had tried to climb out,” Bryan said.
Here is the
timeline, according to Bryan.
The boy and three
other children had gone to church with the grandmother.
They stopped to eat after leaving the church, Bryan
said.
About 5:30 p.m., the son took the vehicle
and left the house., At some point, the grandmother
noticed the boy was missing. The coroner said she called
her son and asked him to check the vehicle.
That’s when the boy was found.
“By that timeline,
he was in the car for about 2 hours and 45 minutes,”
Bryan said.
The body will be sent to the Georgia
Crime Lab for an autopsy. The coroner’s office has
initially ruled it was a heat-related death.
There is an on-going death investigation.