Florida woman given maximum sentence in death of 2nd grandchild; daughter says, 'I still love you'
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A former school principle has been sentenced to five years in prison after her infant granddaughter died in a hot car while in her care as temperatures reached around 90 degrees outside.
Nix, a former school principal, had gone inside at around 2 p.m, talked to her dog and practiced playing the piano "for a long time" before remembering her granddaughter was still in the car, according to an arrest affidavit, as reported by Fox 13 Tampa. Temperatures outside in Hardee County had reached around 90 degrees that day. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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At around 5 p.m., Nix realized she had left her granddaughter in the car with the windows rolled up. Nix’s husband desperately began performing CPR, but the girl died of hyperthermia, according to investigators.
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