Baker County babysitter convicted of 10-month-old's hot car death being sentenced

Florida Babysitter Who 'Forgot' Baby Cooking to Death in Hot Car Sentenced to Years in Prison: 'Eternally Sorry'

A Florida babysitter who "forgot" the baby she was looking after in a hot car, leading to their death, will serve more than a decade in prison.

Baker County babysitter convicted of 10-month-old's hot car death being sentenced

Rhonda Jewell, 47, was convicted last month in the death of Ariya Page. Police said Jewell left Ariya in a car where the temperature was over 133 degrees inside.

Illinois Woman Arrested Nearly 4 Months After Toddler’s Death in Hot Car

An Illinois woman was arrested this week after a nearly four month investigation into the death of her 13-month-old baby girl. The Bloomington Police Department said that Quvonnay Collins, 24, brought the toddler to Carle Bromenn Medical Center on August 25 just before 1 a.m. “with no signs of life.” An autopsy conducted the next day determined the girl died from “hyperthermia due to environmental heat exposure,” and investigators determined tha…

Babysitter gets 17 years for infant's death in hot car

A Baker County babysitter has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in the death of a 10-month girl she left in a hot car. Rhonda Jewell, 46, of Sanderson, was sentenced Thursday after a jury found her guilty of third-degree murder and leaving a child unattended. The jury found her not guilty of negligent manslaughter. In July 2023, with outside temperatures in the high 90s, Jewell left Ariya Page alone for five hours in Jewell’s SUV in Macclenn…