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