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Police are investigating the death of a months-old baby found Wednesday afternoon who was found unconscious in a van the Ewing's Love and Hope Preschool.

Jacksonville police said the infant girl was found still in a child safety seat in the van about 1 p.m, about five hours after the vehicle was used to pick up children. Jacksonville firefighters tried to revive the baby and took her to Wolfson Children's Hospital, but the child could not be saved.

Police said the center cares for about 14 children and no other children were injured.

The building is surrounded by police tape, officers and homicide detectives, including the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office chief of investigations. They were working with the State Attorney's Office to determine if any charges will be filed in the case.

The center was licensed and had no violations in its last three inspections by the Florida Department of Children and Families, most recently on April 15.
 
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A 4-month-old girl has died after being left in a van for about five hours at a Westside daycare, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reported. The daycare director was arrested on child neglect charges roughly seven hours later.

According to JSO records, Darryl Ewing, 56, was admitted into the Duval County Jail on charges of child neglect.

JSO said the girl was in the third row of the daycare van from 8:25 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. Police interviews with employees at the facility revealed that the girl and other children were picked up from their homes earlier in the morning and brought to the daycare around 8:25 a.m.

JSO says Ewing was the sole driver of the van throughout the entire commute, and no other employees of the daycare were in the vehicle

Police say Ewing parked the van in front of the daycare and left the vehicle unattended with the girl still strapped in her car seat in the third row.

Around 1:03 p.m., the girl's mother called the daycare to make after-school arrangements for her children, which is when she discovered her 4-month-old was never checked into the daycare.

Daycare employees found the victim inside the van still strapped in her child seat and unresponsive.

First responders tried to resuscitate the child but they were unsuccessful, police said. JSO confirmed that the child died at 2:53 p.m.

Police say no other children were hurt.

Hours after the incident, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) revealed that the daycare facility "did not notify DCF that they were transporting children. Therefore, transportation standards were not being monitored."
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Well, sadly my first thought was that the mother never brought her to daycare in the first place and snuck her into the van already dead to cover up her death.
Didn’t realize that daycares actually pick up infants from your house. Weird. I guess if you have to take a bus to work and can’t transport your baby. This sounds like a daycare that is supplemented by family services for desperate parents.
 
A Jacksonville daycare co-owner must spend a weekend in jail for seven years on the anniversary of the death of a baby he left in the center's van for several hours in the summer heat, according to Tuesday's plea agreement.

Darryl Allyn Ewing, 58, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter of a child in the May 22, 2019, death of 4-month-old Brooklyn Blount at the Love and Hope Daycare Center, court records said.

The investigation began after Ewing, who drove the child care van, picked up several children and returned to the center about 8:25 a.m. All but Brooklyn were taken into the center as she was left strapped in her car seat, police said.

It was a hot day, and the girl’s absence was not noticed until her mother called about 1 p.m. Employees learned the infant had never been checked into the center, then found her unresponsive in the van.

Further investigation showed Ewing kept a driver’s log to document when children are placed in the van. It showed Brooklyn's two siblings signed in, but not her, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Ewing's negotiated plea deal said he must report to the Duval County jail each weekend after the May 22 anniversary of Brooklyn's death for seven years, staying there from Friday night to Sunday morning. That begins in 2024 after three years of community control.

He faces 18 years of probation after that, plus 500 hours of community service. He must make a $500 donation to Safe Kids Worldwide, which helps families and communities keep children safe from accidental drowning, hot car deaths and other injuries. He is banned from operating a child care and restricted in his contact with children, the agreement said.

The child care center, since closed, was licensed in 2016 with the Florida Department of Children and Families and had never been cited for any abuse or neglect issues.

Is that really justice for this baby and her family?
 
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