Suspect identified after 4-month-old boy left alone in car dies, South Carolina authorities say
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WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Authorities have made an arrest in the death of a 4-month-old boy who died Monday after being left alone in a car, Kingstree Police Chief Kimberly Marlow said.

Armina Lavette Seal-Middleton, 52, of Salters, South Carolina, was charged with homicide by child abuse. She was booked into the Williamsburg County Detention Center.

Kingstree police responded to Dollar General on Monday to assist Williamsburg County EMS with a call involving an unresponsive infant who was found in a car that wasn’t running, according to a news release.

Williamsburg County Coroner Ivori Henryhand told News13 that the baby died after being taken to MUSC Health Black River Medical Center on Monday. The investigation, which is still ongoing, revealed the baby was in the care of Seal-Middleton when the incident happened.

Kingstree police and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are investigating. No other details were immediately available.

This is a developing story.

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