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Deputies arrest Florida teacher in death of boy left in hot car

20-month-old child died on Sept. 11
Dougkindra Wallace - Orlando Hot Car Baby Arrest 9-21-20
Posted at 11:28 AM, Sep 22, 2020
and last updated 2020-09-22 11:28:03-04

ORLANDO, Fla. — Deputies say an Orlando elementary school teacher is accused of manslaughter in the death of a toddler she left in her car while she worked.

Orange County Sheriff's deputies arrested 34-year-old Dougkindra Wallace on Monday.

She's charged with aggravated manslaughter and neglect of a child in the Sept. 11 death of Jace Leslie.

Wallace had been driving the 20-month-old to and from his day care provider's home for his mother.

That morning, deputies say Wallace drove to the school and forgot to take the boy from his rear-facing car seat. He was dead when she found him inside the car that afternoon.