Louisiana mom charged with murder ‘after leaving baby to die in hot car
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Louisiana mom, 22, is charged with murder after ‘leaving baby daughter in a hot car for five hours… three years after doing the same with other child who survived and was taken from her’
- Ivy Lynn Lee, 22, of Lake Charles, reportedly left her six-month-old daughter Rissa in a hot car for hours on Sunday while she was at work
- She has been charged with second-degree murder and possession of marijuana
- Lee reportedly ‘flagged down’ an officer and told him her daughter was ‘not breathing.’ The girl was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead
- She eventually told officers that she had left Rissa in the car for five hours
- Lee also lost custody of her other daughter Avereigh in 2019 after leaving her in a hot car as well
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Ivy Lynn Lee, 22, of Lake Charles, reportedly left her six-month-old daughter Rissa in a hot car for five hours on Sunday while she was at work. She has been charged with second-degree murder and possession of marijuana
A Louisiana mother has been charged with murder after she left her baby to die in a hot car – three years after doing the same to her other daughter, who she was forced to give up.
Ivy Lynn Lee, 22, of Lake Charles, left six-month-old daughter Rissa in a hot car for five hours on Sunday while she was at work.
The mom-of-two had ‘flagged down’ an officer, who she told her daughter was ‘not breathing’.
Officers began ‘life-saving measures’ on the child before transporting her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
In an interview with investigators, Lee told two different stories, starting with that Rissa was not initially in her care – but she later admitted she had left the child in her car while she was at work.
She flagged down officers and told them her daughter (pictured) was ‘not breathing.’ Officers began ‘life-saving measures’ and eventually transported the little girl to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead
‘She knew that baby was in the car and she chose to go to work for an entire shift. There is no excuse,’ Calcasieu Parish Chief Deputy Gary ‘Stitch’ Guillory told WAFB.
‘She claims she left the car running at first, but then a coworker told her that her car was running outside, and she didn’t realize it and went out there and just turned the car off.’
Deputies also revealed suspected marijuana was found in her car and believe she ‘intentionally’ left the child in the car.
Lee was charged with second-degree murder and possession of marijuana and was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on a $1.2million bond.
Officials have also confirmed the young mother had previously left her other daughter Avereigh, now three, in a hot car in 2019.
Avereigh is now in custody of a family member, according to the Department of Children and Family Services.
Lee also lost custody of her three-year-old daughter Avereigh in 2019 after she left her in a hot car, as well, and the child is currently in the custody of a family member
In May, Lee wished herself a happy mother’s day and said motherhood was ‘definitely not easy, but the love you receive from your kids is unconditional’
Lee ‘voluntarily’ gave up the baby ‘before the state had to get involved.’ Guillory told WAFB.
In May, the mother wished herself a happy mother’s day, writing on Facebook: ‘Being a mother is definitely not easy but the love you receive from your kids is unconditional.
‘I can’t spend today with the amazing little girl that made me a mother but [I know] she feels me every day.
‘Ave, my oldest, you’ll always have the biggest part of my heart no matter what anybody tell you.
‘And Rissa, my youngest, [I know] you would love ya sister if you ever got the chance to meet her.’