Woman Turns Herself in After Leaving Infant in Hot Car

Woman Turns Herself in After Leaving Infant in Hot Car
Kathryn Ferguson, New Canaan Police
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A woman in New Canaan, Connecticut, is facing criminal charges after she left her infant in a hot car in July and called the police to get help.

Kathryn Ferguson, 34, is being charged with risk of injury to a child after she went shoe shopping and bought a lemonade while her 11-week-old infant was asleep in the car. She came back to find the baby crying, red-faced, and covered in what appeared to be sweat, police report.

Kathryn Ferguson. (New Canaan Police)
Kathryn Ferguson. New Canaan Police