A Florida man has been charged with manslaughter after leaving his girlfriend’s 6-year-old daughter in hot car, reports PEOPLE. The child was found unconscious and not breathing when she was taken to a nearby fire station by 24-year-old Markise Outing. 

The authorities have not released the girl’s identity. She was immediately rushed to the hospital, where it was discovered that her body temperature had reached over 107 degrees, a dangerously high level. Sadly, she was pronounced dead later that night. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Department is handling the investigation.

According to the sheriff’s department, Outing claimed that the girl became overheated while playing in a park. However, police  found evidence suggesting that Outing picked up the girl from school and left her locked in a car for several hours at his workplace. The temperature inside the car soared to an estimated 115 degrees. 

A subsequent autopsy confirmed that the girl’s cause of death was extreme heat, and the police are still awaiting a toxicology report for further information. Outing was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and is currently in custody at the Manatee County Jail.

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