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6-Year-Old Girl Dies After Being Left in Hot Daycare Van, Says Family
Family says the 6-year-old was left in a daycare van for hours, and Tennessee officials say the state has seen 19 hot-car deaths this year.
- On Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, 6-year-old Winter Jones died after being left inside a daycare van at Kid University in Cordova. Memphis Police Department officers discovered the child unresponsive shortly after 3 p.m.
- Family members say Winter, a special-needs student who was non-verbally autistic, remained on the bus after it returned to the daycare. Her uncle, Christopher Jones, noted, "She couldn't advocate for herself."
- Temperatures reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a heat index of 103 on Thursday. According to the nonprofit Kids and Car Safety, Winter's death marks the 19th nationwide this year and the third in Tennessee.
- Multiple agencies, including the Tennessee Department of Human Services, are investigating the death. Kid University's website was suspended Friday, while Christopher Jones urged, "Don't get comfortable" regarding child safety.
- Tennessee law requires daycares to perform bus checks and maintain daily logs of those checks. State officials also offer the "Baby in the Back" initiative, a free program providing car hangtags to encourage caregivers to check vehicles.
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News footage of a school bus at the Kid University daycare in Cordova, Tenn. (WJTV). Tennessee police are investigating a daycare center after a 6-year-old girl died in the back of one of the center’s buses. Local CW Network affiliate WJTV reported that 6-year-old Winter Jones died on Thursday after being left on a hot...
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