HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A 2-year-old girl is dead after being left in a hot car for three and a half hours, her mother says.
Brittany Nicole had just celebrated her second birthday in May.
Cristina Lopez says her entire world shifted on Sunday. She was at work, and her daughter was with a babysitter, when police showed up to tell her Brittany was dead.
The circumstances are still under investigation, but Lopez says the babysitter asked an older relative to watch the child.
That man, who Lopez says had dementia, left Brittany in the back of a hot car for three and a half hours. Doctors were not able to save her.
The incident happened Sunday in the 900 block of NW 7th Avenue in Hallandale Beach.
“I just want justice,” Lopez said, frustrated that no one has been held accountable for her daughter’s death.
She says she did everything right by leaving her daughter with someone she’d never had a problem with before.
Brittany was Lopez’s only child. The family has since set up a GoFundMe page to help cover funeral costs.
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