Calling it “a tragic incident,” Cobb Police said Wednesday morning have not filed charges in the death of a 2-year-old who was found inside a vehicle in a home near Jim Miller Park in Marietta.
Police said that officers and Cobb Fire and & EMS were called to a home on Wanda Circle late Tuesday afternoon and found the child unresponsive inside a vehicle.
Police said in a press release that the child was rushed to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital but was pronounced dead there.
While an investigation continues, police said that “there is no evidence to suggest that the child was left inside the vehicle” on purpose.
Cobb Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer said in a press briefing Wednesday morning that investigators are unsure why the boy was inside the vehicle.
“We really need some time to sort this out before we know what happened,” VanHoozer said.
“If I was in the position of the father, mother, sibling, friend, I would want a lot of grace and a lot of support.”
He said he didn’t know if criminal charges are warranted, but “we do know that support is warranted.”
VanHoozer asked for people “to be really, really careful in this heat.” He didn’t take questions.
Cobb and metro Atlanta are under heat advisories Wednesday and for the Independence Day Thursday, with temperatures in the low 90s and with high humidity.
Cobb Police Sgt. Eric Smith said anyone with information about the incident is requested to call the Cobb County Police Department Crimes Against Persons Unit at 770-499-3945.
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