Leslie Ramirez

Photo of Leslie Ramirez. She is a small girl with tan skin and dark brown hair pulled into two ponytails. She is wearing a white shirt with a checked pinafore.Name: Leslie Ramirez.
Died: August 29, 2016.
Age at death: 3.
Cause of death: Hyperthermia.
Location: Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Disability: Autism.

Details:
Leslie’s mother left her in the family van at 3 p.m. on a summer day. At 7 p.m., Leslie’s father returned home to find her still in the van four hours later. She was dead.

Case status:
Rene Ramirez (Mother), charged with involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse/neglect.

Source:
Autism Memorial: Leslie Ramirez
Autopsy: Heat exposure responsible for death of Durham girl left in van
Mother of autistic girl found dead in a hot van insists it was an accident
Mother charged in death of 3-year-old daughter in Durham