Florida man faces charges after baby dies in hot bedroom

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The children’s mother was arrested days earlier on a battery charge, so was in jail at the time of the child’s death.

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County child protection investigators did a welfare check on Thursday and told Hendrickson not to leave the children in the bedroom.

Hendrickson now he faces charges of aggravated child neglect and aggravated manslaughter.

A neighbour said conditions at Hendrickson’s mobile home were “horrific.” Sherry McCauley, 48, told the newspaper that the inside was always hot and dark, and there were cockroaches and bugs everywhere.

Florida’s Department of Children and Families said there had been three previous investigations at the home over concerns about the children.

Eckerd Kids, the lead child welfare agency in Pinellas County, said concerns had been raised about the children to the proper authorities, but declined to comment further because of the ongoing investigation.

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Information from: Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.), http://www.tampabay.com.

The Associated Press