Kela Stanford, from Birmingham, was taken into custody on August 1 on a felony charge of leaving a child in a car.

A contractor for the Alabama agency tasked with child welfare was charged after allegedly leaving a toddler in a hot car for five hours, resulting in his death.

Ke'Torrius Starkes Jr., 3, died after being left in a hot car for five hours in Birmingham, Ala. An Alabama woman was taken into custody following the death of a 3-year-old boy who police say was "forgotten" in a hot car for five hours, leading to his July 22 death.