LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Authorities say a 2-month-old boy has died after police in Lexington say he was accidentally left in a hot car.
According to a news release from the Lexington Police Department, it happened on the evening of Aug. 29.
Police say at about 7:30 p.m., officers were sent to a home on Barksdale Drive in Lexington on a report of a deceased infant. When police arrived, they found the victim, identified as 2-month-old Valen Hakizimana.
An autopsy indicated that the boy died of hyperthermia.
"Based on the preliminary investigation, detectives believe a family member unintentionally left the child in a car for several hours Thursday," the news release states.
No charges have been filed at this time, according to police.
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