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2 women charged after toddler found in vehicle at unlicensed daycare dies

RICHMOND COUNTY, N.C. — Two women have been charged after a 22-month-old toddler found in a vehicle died in Richmond County, authorities said.

Investigators said they received a call Thursday about an unresponsive child on Larry Parson Road in Ellerbe.

According to officials, they determined the child was at an unlicensed daycare facility and was left inside a parked vehicle in the yard.

The toddler was taken to a care facility where he was pronounced dead. The official cause of death has not been released.

Dorothy Moore, 53, and Paige Black, 24, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse-serious bodily injury. They are being held at the Richmond County Jail with a bail set at $30,000.

This is an ongoing investigation.

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