A North Carolina woman was charged with second-degree murder after she allegedly left a disabled person she was supposed to care for to die in a hot car earlier this month.
Briea Askew, 29, left an unidentified woman with cerebral palsy inside a hot car for several hours on August 10.
“The victim was a cerebral palsy patient and was with her caretaker, Ms. Briea Askew,” Police said.
“The High Point Police Department Special Victim’s Unit responded and began an extensive investigation. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the victim was left outside in a vehicle unattended for approximately five hours. Excessive heat and humidity contributed to the death, along with the vehicle not having air conditioning.”
The woman was later declared dead after being transported to Wake Forest Baptist High Point Hospital with a temperature reaching 110 degrees.
Askew is currently being held on a $200,000 bond at the Guilford County Jail.
