1MO Boy Full Of Coke Dies After He’s Left in Hot Car for ‘Extended Period’ In Illinois

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The cause of death of an infant found dead Monday night was due to as severe dehydration and hyperthermia.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said evidence from an autopsy Tuesday suggested that 1-month-old Grayson Luncsford had been left in a vehicle without food or water for an "extended period."

The Peoria Police Department was called at 7:03 p.m. to the 2400 block of North Peoria on report of a deceased baby. Harwood said he arrived at the scene shortly after. Grayson was pronounced dead at 7:38 p.m. Harwood said he had been dead for "quite some time" when he arrived.

He said it's hard to determine the exact time of death or exactly how long the infant had been left in the car.

Peoria police arrested the child's mother, 25-year-old Andrea Luncsford, on Tuesday. She has been charged with endangering the health and life of a child.

Peoria County Coroner: Infant found dead Monday died of 'extreme dehydration and hyperthermia'

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said evidence from an autopsy Tuesday suggested that 1-month-old Grayson Luncsford had been left in a car without food or water for an "extended period."

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Grayson

 

[runninfawn]

and no was in heck can a mother "forget" she has a month old baby and leave him/her in a car or unattended anywhere... i know when mine were babies i would go and check to make sure they were breathing multiple times especially during the day as i put them in their "basinette" and it went where ever i was in the house so i was always close by and during the night their crib was in my bedroom so again it was instinct to check on them.. no way in heck could i have "forgotten" one of my kids was in the car that is for sure ..

 

[Cider]

God. If it's not pets overheating, it's babies.

These parents are irresponsible, and in turn, lame.

 

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The state’s Department of Children and Family Services tried to reach Andrea Luncsford earlier this month after being told there was a substantial risk to a child.

Deborah Lopez, a DCFS spokeswoman, said her agency had been talking to Luncsford as early as Sept. 6 due to a pending investigation that involved “substantial risk of physical injury or environment.”

That case, the agency said, was regarding her son, Grayson, who was born a few weeks prior.

That investigation originated in the Chicago area where she was living. Then, on Monday, the agency opened another investigation, saying they were investigating the young boy’s death.

“These are active investigations, and we are not able to comment further; we are working with local law enforcement on both investigations,” she said.

Another DCFS spokeswoman, Heather M. Tarczan, said the agency had made “several” attempts to visit the home of Luncsford.

“Additionally, DCFS made multiple attempts to contact the mother by phone and when contact was finally made, a visit was scheduled by DCFS and agreed to by the mother but the mother and child were a no show,” she said.

About two years before Andrea Luncsford appeared in a Peoria County courtroom charged in connection with the death of her one-month-old son, she was in another Peoria County courtroom where a judge terminated her parental rights for another child.

In 2022, Luncsford, then 23, was found unfit as a parent regarding a child who was then 1-year-old, according to records filed in the juvenile division of Peoria County Circuit Court.

The records detail how Luncsford failed to show for some hearings in court, was found to have tested positive for cocaine when the baby was born.

DCFS tried to contact Peoria mom before her infant son’s death but she was a ‘no-show’

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The state’s Department of Children and Family Services tried to reach Andrea Luncsford earlier this month after being told there was a substantial risk to a child. Deborah Lopez, a DCFS spokeswoman, said her agency had been talking to Luncsford as early as Sept. 6 due to a...

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and ever so sadly the list grows.......hate it

 

[BuffettGirl]

Is she a drug addict? A person with mental impairments? Psychotic? WHY was she deemed unfit? The answer to the why is needed to proceed here...

 

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Residents on North Peoria Avenue said a U-Haul pickup truck that had a dead baby inside had been parked in a driveway for several hours and the windows had been rolled up.

Also, the mother of dead boy, admitted she was alone with the child for the better of the day and that she had fed him several bottles, leaving one propped up in the 1-month-old’s car seat so he “could fed himself,” a prosecutor said.

Those are new details that was revealed during a pretrial detention hearing for Andrea Luncsford, 25, who stands charged with murder and endangering the life and health of a child for allegedly leaving her baby, Grayson Luncsford, in the pickup.

Peoria County Judge Mark Gilles ordered her held in custody at the Peoria County Jail noting she was a “real and present danger” to the community.

Luncsford could be heard trying to defend herself but was shushed by the judge, who told her not to talk about the case. She was clad in the orange jumpsuit of a jail inmate and could be heard sobbing and crying over the video conferencing call.

Her attorney argued against the detention, saying her client was willing to take drug treatment courses. The attorney said her client also wanted mourn the loss of her baby as well as the baby’s father who died a few weeks ago.

the judge noted that while Luncsford wanted to bury her child, that “It was her actions” that caused the boy’s death.

A neighbor said the pickup had been there for a while at the house. The windows had been rolled up. The baby had been in the vehicle and according to a forensic pathologist, likely had been dead for at least 12 and possibly up to 24 hours.

That was due in large part to the condition of the boy’s body.

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[HijabiGirl]

So she was deemed unfit after having a kid one year, had her rights removed? So why wasn't Grayson removed as soon as she gave birth?

 

[GoneWest]

She wants out to mourn the death of the baby she murdered?!? Jesus H Christ she couldn’t even bother to feed him. WHO the fuck props a month old new born’s bottle so he can feed himself?!? Did he also burp and change himself? Rock himself to sleep. Poor baby got zero love or nurturing in his short time here.

 

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A one-month-old boy found dead inside a hot car in Peoria, Ill. in September, had so much cocaine in his body that the drugs were the immediate cause of his death, the Peoria County Coroner’s Office confirms to PEOPLE.

The infant – whose name has not been released – also suffered from heat stress, dehydration, malnutrition, and neglect, according to the coroner’s office.

The coroner's office declined to provide to PEOPLE the exact cause and manner of death, saying that his death certificate is protected. The office further declined to cite the amount of cocaine found in the infant's body.

The infant’s mother, Andrea N. Luncsford, is charged with murder and felony endangering the health and life of a child, according to her online court docket.

A 1-Month-Old Was Found Dead in Hot Car. The Coroner Just Revealed Surprising Autopsy Results

The infant’s mother is charged with murder and felony endangering the health and life of a child.

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[cubby]

Ya think the baby died from the coke and the "mother" put them in the car to try and disguise the death as heat related but was too stupid to understand autopsies?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Ya think the baby died from the coke and the "mother" put them in the car to try and disguise the death as heat related but was too stupid to understand autopsies?

Possible.

 

[Aedia]

I'm wondering how much coke and how did it get in his system? Did "mom" purposely give it to him or was there extreme negligence and a wild accident ensued?
I just can't think of many ways it could happen without it being on purpose. Breastfeeding shouldn't put THAT much in their, right? But if she wanted him dead, she could have just left him in the vehicle.

 

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I'm wondering how much coke and how did it get in his system? Did "mom" purposely give it to him or was there extreme negligence and a wild accident ensued?
I just can't think of many ways it could happen without it being on purpose. Breastfeeding shouldn't put THAT much in their, right? But if she wanted him dead, she could have just left him in the vehicle.

The article says the amount was not disclosed.

 

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