Day care owner charged in death of toddler found in vehicle
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Kentucky police have charged a day care owner with manslaughter in the death of a toddler found in a hot vehicle.
News media outlets report that 70-year-old Jacquelin Thomas was arrested late Tuesday in connection to the death of 2-year-old Lavontae Swain.
The Courier-Journal reports Thomas pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in Jefferson District Court.
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Police said in the arrest citation that Thomas picked the child up from his home on April 18 to take him to Lil' Kings & Queens child care. He was found unresponsive hours later in the back of a vehicle.
A coroner's report says the child's death was "consistent with hyperthermia," or a high body temperature.
In an order closing the day care, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services said Thomas acknowledged that she forgot the boy.