Arrest Warrant Claims Mother Was At Work Prior To Eight-Year-Old Dying After Being Left In Hot Car

Update (7/1)

An arrest warrant affidavit for Ashlee Stallings has been released after Stallings is accused of leaving her eight-year-old daughter in her car while she was at work. According to the warrant, Stallings left her daughter in her car with the air on, but Stallings said her daughter most likely got cold and turned the car off.

After not hearing from her daughter for an hour and a half via text, she found her in the backseat floorboard unresponsive and with foam coming out of her mouth. According to medical staff who pronounced the victim dead, they said she suffered from a herniated brain as a result of hyperthermia.

Stallings admitted she knew the temperature was 94 degrees outside and that she should not have left the victim inside the car alone.

Original Story (6/27)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –  A mother is facing numerous charges after her eight-year-old daughter died from being left in a vehicle during hot weather conditions in west Charlotte, according to CMPD.

Ashlee Stallings

Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26th officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department located the child on Wilkinson Boulevard in critical condition inside of the vehicle, according to a news release.

The child was transported to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Upon further investigation, it was determined that the girl was left in the vehicle in hot weather conditions and suffered a medical emergency. The victim’s mother has been identified as 36-year-old Ashlee Stallings.

Stallings has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse by willful act causing serious injury.