A 25-year-old South Carolina woman was in jail on Tuesday on a murder charge for the death of her 13-month-old daughter, who police said she left in a car last month while she went to a hair salon in suburban Atlanta.
The mother, DiJanelle Fowler, kept the car running with the air conditioning on, but the car’s battery died while she was inside the beauty shop in Tucker, Georgia, on June 15, said DeKalb County Police spokeswoman Shiera Campbell.
Police believe Skylar Fowler was dead by the time her mother returned to the car a few hours later, Campbell said.
“Instead of calling 911, she called roadside assistance to get her battery jumped,” Campbell said in a phone interview.
DiJanelle Fowler is shown in this DeKalb County Police photo released in DeKalb County, Georgia, U.S., July 18, 2017. Courtesy DeKalb County Police/Handout via REUTERS
