Mom Charged After 1-Year-Old Child Dies in Hot Car, Says Prosecutor

Mom Charged After 1-Year-Old Child Dies in Hot Car, Says Prosecutor
Chaya Shurkin, 25, of Lakewood, has been charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child for leaving her 1-year-old daughter in a hot car back in May. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office
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A mother from New Jersey has been arrested and charged about a month after her 1-year-old child was found unresponsive in a hot car, according to prosecutors.

Chaya Shurkin, 25, was charged with second degree endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly leaving the young child in a hot vehicle for about two and a half hours on May 6, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.