CRIMEWAFB BATON ROUGE
Attorney says mom accused of leaving infant in hot car shouldn’t face murder charge. Here’s why
A Georgia woman, Deja Coleman, faces second-degree murder charges after her 1-year-old son died in a hot car. Her attorney, Tom Ford, argues the incident was an accident caused by sleep deprivation and urges prosecutors to reduce the charge to involuntary manslaughter.
Mentioned
Related Signal
Adjacent reporting
- Attorney says mom accused of leaving infant in hot car shouldn’t face murder charge. Here’s why
- Attorney says mom accused of leaving infant in hot car shouldn’t face murder charge. Here’s why
- Mother says she forgot infant who died in hot car was in backseat after dropping off 2 others at daycare
- Mother says she forgot infant who died in hot car was in backseat after dropping off 2 others at daycare
- Mother says she forgot infant who died in hot car was in backseat after dropping off 2 others at daycare
- ‘I just want justice’: Mother speaks out after toddler’s hot car death