Authorities: Infant left in car, dies in Cape Girardeau County

Monday, August 13, 2018 ~ Updated 11:29 PM

After completing an autopsy about 1 p.m. Sunday, the Cape Girardeau County Coroner’s Office ruled hyperthermia as the cause of death of a 10-week-old girl who was left in a car seat Saturday in a vehicle at Parkwood Lake Estates trailer park in Cape Girardeau.

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