Missing Georgia Tot Found Dead Inside Hot Car at Apartment Complex, Marking 8th Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke This Year
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A Georgia child who was reported missing last Sunday has been found deceased.

WJFB reported that on June 22, Kameron Williams, 4, vanished while playing outside a Metter apartment complex. The Candler County Sheriff’s Office and Metter police respond to the Summer Trace Apartments on West Turner Street to investigate.

During the search for Kameron, a family member found him in a car. He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene.

A nearby camera captures a child, suspected to be Kameron, getting into a car while playing outside. Investigators said the child never emerged from the vehicle.

The Metter police have requested GBI assistance with the death investigation. His body has been taken for an autopsy to the GBI Coastal Crime Lab Medical Examiner’s Office in Pooler.

According to KBTX, the director of the Kids and Car Safety organization, Amber Rollins, says 55% of hot car deaths are the result of the child entering the car alone.

“Children who get into cars on their own are typically about 18 months to 4- or 5-years-old. About 68% of those children who get in on their own and can’t get back out are little boys. So, this situation meets the typical profile for that type of situation.”

Jan Null, CCM, Adjunct Professor of Meteorology at San Jose State University, told CrimeOnline in an emailed statement that “this is the first Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) death in Georgia this year and the 43rd in the state since 1998.”

The story is developing. Check back for updates.

[Feature Photo: Candler County School District via The Charlotte Observer]

 

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