One-year-old child found dripping in sweat and with an overflowing diaper is rescued from a baking hot car in Florida thanks to the vehicle’s security system after her mom passed out inside
- Kristina Bowermaster was found in Lake City on Sunday, unconscious with her one-year-old child in a hot car dripping in sweat and with an overflowing diaper Police were called to the site of Bowermaster’s parked vehicle by OnStar vehicle assistance, which alerted authorities that a child could be heard making noises
- Bowermaster was arrested and charged with child neglect, after being arrested for a similar incident with a child on March 18 when found asleep in a car
- Bowermaster’s Facebook page shows a son who was born on August 26, 2017
- When police searched her home on Sunday, they found drug paraphernalia indicative of methamphetamine and crack use
Police rescued a one-year-old child from inside a hot car in the Florida sun after the vehicle’s security system alerted officials to a child making noises in a parked car.
Kristina Bowermaster, the mother of the child, was found unconscious in the vehicle with her daughter in the backseat, dripping in sweat and with an overflowing diaper.
Bowermaster was arrested in Lake City on Sunday on a child neglect charge, according to Columbia County Court records, after being arrested in March for a similar incident.
When police searched her home, they found drug paraphernalia indicative of methamphetamine and crack use.
A one-year-old child was saved from inside of a hot car after the vehicle’s security system alerted officials to a child making noises, and mom Kristina Bowermaster (pictured) was passed out in Lake City, Florida. According to her Facebook page, Bowermaster has a son (shown at right) who was born on August 26, 2017
Bowermaster was arrested in Lake City on Sunday on a child neglect charge, according to Columbia County Court records
Police were called to the site of Bowermaster’s parked vehicle at 727 SW Mauldin Avenue by OnStar vehicle assistance, which alerted authorities that a child could be heard making noises in car.
When police arrived on the scene, they found both the child and Bowermaster in the car, with Bowermaster unconscious.
The child was playing with car keys and was wearing a diaper that had become so full it was overflowing with waste, the Springfield News-Sun reported.
One window had been left open by about three to four inches, police said, so they were able to unlock the car to access the child.
Authorities said both the mother and child were drenched in sweat and there were no beverages in the car.
Bowermaster reported being dizzy, thirsty and light-headed, but declined medical treatment for both herself and the child.
Police said that last thing Bowermaster reported remembering was leaving a Winn-Dixie at 3.01pm.
Police were called to the site of Bowermaster’s parked vehicle at 727 SW Mauldin Avenue by OnStar vehicle assistance, which alerted authorities that a child could be heard making noises in car. Bowermaster is pictured at left in a photo shared to social media
On March 18, Bowermaster was allegedly found asleep in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a child in the back seat. Her booking photo from that arrest is shown
The Department of Children and Families also responded to the scene. DCF officials stayed with the child until another family arrived, who assumed care of the child.
DCF has concluded there is evidence of ‘abundant child neglect’ in the case of the child, officials said.
On March 18, Bowermaster was allegedly found asleep in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a child in the back seat.
Related to that arrest, she faces charges of child neglect, driving under the influence with a minor in the vehicle, three counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
It was not immediately clear whether the child was the same child who was rescued on Sunday.
According to her Facebook page, Bowermaster has a son who was born on August 26, 2017.
On Sunday, the Department of Children and Families also responded to the scene. DCF officials stayed with the child until another family arrived, who assumed care of the child. DCF has concluded there is evidence of ‘abundant child neglect’ in the case of the child, officials said. Bowermaster is pictured at left in a photo shared to social media