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Mother charged in Gwinnett hot car death allowed to say goodbye to 1-year-old son
WSB-TV • • nation
Key Points:
- Deja Coleman, a Gwinnett County mother charged in the hot car death of her 1-year-old son Daniel Coleman Jr., was temporarily released from jail to grieve at the mortuary.
- Coleman was arrested after allegedly leaving her son in the car while working a hospital shift on July 28.
- Her attorney, Tom Ford, stated she was allowed 45 minutes alone in the mortuary and was grateful for the private moment to mourn, which she had not had since her booking.
- Ford revealed that Daniel had been teething and awake much of the previous night, and the family was residing in a domestic violence shelter at the time of the incident.
