Barbara Michelle Pemberton
The grandmother of a 13-month-old child who died after being left for five hours in a hot car has been charged with second-degree murder and child cruelty.
Barbara Michelle Pemberton, 47, was taken into custody on Friday.
Authorities said the car and heater were left running with the child inside.
Ms. Pemberton, who was watching the child for her son, said she did not want to wake him up.
She was visiting inside with friends. When she finally checked on the child, he was not breathing. The temperature in the car went above 100 degrees.
The child, Shadoe Braxton Pate, was pronounced dead after being taken to Hutcheson Hospital.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation brought the charges.