Fayetteville father charged with manslaughter in child's hot car
death
A Fayetteville father was charged
in the death of his 1-year-old child who was left inside a hot
vehicle outside their home, a news release from the Fayetteville
Police Department said Wednesday.
Police went to the 5600
block of Monks Walk Court around 5:25 p.m. Sept. 5 in response
to an unresponsive 17-month-old child who had been left in a car
outside the family home, the release said.
Medical
personnel performed CPR when they arrived, but their attempts to
resuscitate the child were unsuccessful, and the child was
pronounced dead at the scene.
The child's father, Wayne
Nesbitt, 36, of the 5600 block of Monks Walk Court, was charged
with involuntary manslaughter Tuesday after the child's cause of
death was determined by the medical examiner, the release said.
The medical examiner's investigation concluded that the
child died because of "heat-related injuries" caused by being
left inside the vehicle, the release said.
This is the
first hot car death in Fayetteville since 2003.