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Police: "Caretaker left boy in car for 8 hours during scorching temperatures."

NEW ORLEANS, LA--New Orleans Police are investigating the death of a 3 year old who was left inside a locked car in Mid-City.

Police were on the scene in the 600 Block of Scott Street late Tuesday afternoon. The child was found in a car parked outside a home. Investigators said it appearred the boy had been locked inside for as many as 8 hours, as temperatures in New Orleans reached as high as 93 degrees.

Family members rushed to the scene as they learned of the tragedy. The young victim was identified by authorities as Winston White.

Police said the boy's Godmother told investigators she had left the child in the car, with the windows closed, as she went into the house. According to officials, she did not expect to be inside long.The caretaker herself was taken to the hospital after falling ill upon learning of White's death. Police said she will face various charges, including neglegent homicide.

Local meteorologists said that temperatures inside the car, with the window closed during the hottest part of the day, could have easily reached over 140 degrees. "This child died a horrific and tortureous death.", said the local coroner. The Incident happened during what is likely to be the hottest week of the year so far.

Posted 6/4/11

KENNER, La. -- An infant just minutes old was found dead in Lake Pontchartrain on Tuesday afternoon, thrown there by a woman believed to be its mother, a police spokesman said. Kenner Police Lt. Wayne McInnis told WDSU that officers believe a woman gave birth to the child and threw it into the water. The baby girl's body was recovered at the Kenner Boat Launch just after 2 p.m. Her umbilical cord was still attached, McInnis said. Witnesses told police they saw a woman get out of a car at the boat launch, toss the baby into the water and drive off. Police said they are looking for a black female, about 5-foot-3, thin, driving a bright red Pontiac Grand Am with a temporary tag in the back window. Stay with WDSU.com for the latest on this developing story.

R.I.P. Ja'Shawn Powell Police: Father Admits To Killing 2-Year-Old Son Father Says He Made Up Story Of Kidnapping POSTED: 11:21 am CST January 3, 2009 UPDATED: 7:17 pm CST January 3, 2009 NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Police Department confirmed Saturday afternoon that missing 2-year-old Ja’ Shawn Powell was found dead. A media advisory was issued for the boy early Saturday to the New Orleans area media outlets in effort to assist NOPD in the recovery of the child. His father, 22-year-old Danny Platt, said he was taken from him by armed men at about 11:30 p.m. Friday near the area of Brainard Street and Jackson Avenue. Later Saturday afternoon, Platt confessed to killing his son and fabricating the kidnapping, police said. According to investigators, Ja' Shawn's father said a dark-colored sport utility vehicle stopped next to him and his son near the intersection and three men got out of the vehicle armed with assault rifles. Platt said the men forced him to the ground at gunpoint, took his son and fled the area in the SUV. However, he later confessed that this was a lie and that he killed Ja' Shawn because he did not want to pay child support, police said. Detectives Anthony Pardo and Harold Wischan learned that Platt had discarded the body after the homicide in the 1900 block of Jackson Avenue. Police said Platt will be charged with first-degree murder.