Infant Dead After Being Left In Hot Car

Tragedy in Palm Bay, where an infant who would have celebrated a first birthday this week is now dead after being left in a car for hours while the baby’s parents attended a service at a church where they are co-pastors. Palm Bay police say the 11 month old baby was discovered in the car around 1 Sunday afternoon in the parking lot of the Mount of Olives Evangelical Church on Babcock St. Investigators say the infant girl appears to have been left inside the vehicle for at least 3 hours while the temperature rose. An autopsy has been scheduled to determine the exact cause of death. The whole thing remains under investigation.