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Grandfather Charged In Heat Death Of Toddler
4:39 p.m. EDT August 13, 2002 - Police said Tuesday that they have charged Calvin Howell in the death of his 2-year-old granddaughter after he allegedly left her in his car for nearly eight hours during a heat wave.
The autopsy report confirmed that the girl died of heat stroke.
Howell has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment of another person.
Howell reportedly left the family's house in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia at about 6:40 a.m. with his wife, daughter and toddler Sasha Fogle.
Captain Thomas Lippo says the 54-year-old grandfather then dropped off his wife and daughter to pick up a trolley for work, and was supposed to take Fogle to a baby sitter.
Instead, he drove directly to work.
Howell worked until about 1:20 p.m. and then went to a car dealership to make an appointment for maintenance. He arrived back at the home at about 2:25 p.m.
Lippo says that's when Howell noticed Sasha in the back of the car.
Police say the grandfather, the child's mother and other family members were being questioned, but no arrests have been made.
The temperature reached 96 degrees Monday.
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