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A 13-month-old baby is boy is dead after being left inside a locked car overnight Friday and into the afternoon hours on Saturday in north Alabama.

The boy’s mother, 36-year-old Elizabeth Anne Case, is charged with murder, according to Limestone County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Stephen Young.

Deputies responded Saturday afternoon where Athens Police and Athens Fire were on scene with a vehicle containing the child, his mother and grandmother.

Investigators determined, Young said, that the boy had been left inside a vehicle overnight Friday and well into Saturday on East Limestone Road, and that the mother and grandmother were attempting to transport the child to the hospital. The baby was transported to Athens-Limestone Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation showed that Case had left her residence between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. with her child buckled into a front-facing car seat and without strapping the seat to the vehicle. Case traveled to both Limestone and Madison counties where she was “dumpster diving” while the child was in the vehicle.

She returned home around 5:40 a.m. on Saturday and left the baby in the vehicle when she went inside the home and went to bed. Case awoke around 1:30 p.m. when the baby’s grandmother came to the residence to see him.

She woke Case up by banging on the door when she couldn’t find her grandchild. They searched for the baby and found him in the car, Young said.

Instead of seeking immediate medical help, Case took the child in the home and placed him in the shower. The grandmother called 911, loaded the child in the car with Case, and met Athens Police at the Recreation Center at Highway 251 and Highway 31. Investigators developed probable cause to arrest Case for murder and transported her to the Limestone County Jail.

Young said Case is a known drug user and was out of jail on bond for a first-degree robbery.
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An Alabama mom has been charged with murder in connection with the death of her infant son after he was left in a car overnight, police said.

Elizabeth Case, 36, was arrested in Athens, Ala. Saturday and was held without bond. It wasn’t immediately clear if she had a lawyer.

Limestone County sheriff's deputies said Case left home with the 13-month-old boy Friday evening to go “dumpster diving.” They said she left the child in the car when she returned home around 5:40 a.m. Saturday.

She awoke around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when her mother arrived, and they found the boy still in the car. Deputies said Case put the child in the shower and her mother called 911.

The boy was taken to Athens-Limestone Hospital where he was pronounced dead, officer Stephen Young told the News Courier.

 
Stupid druggie.
WTF is up with her nose? Did she get that from "dumpster diving" into trash? Toss her into a dumpster outside a seafood restaurant, lock the lid down, and let her ferment there in the hot sun.
 
A woman charged with capital murder in the death of her 13-month-old infant son is the subject of a wrongful death lawsuit filed today in Limestone County Circuit Court, as well as local and state officials with the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

The suit contends that the October 5, 2019, death of Casen Case, who was left in a hot car for seven to eight hours, could have been prevented if DHR investigators had acted on multiple reports that the child’s mother was abusing and neglecting him.

A capital murder trial is set for May for Elizabeth Anne Case, who is currently being held in the Limestone County Jail

The State of Alabama Department of Human Resources, and the director and program director of the Limestone County Department of Human Resources, are also named as defendants in the suit. Birmingham attorneys Tommy James of Tommy James Law, and Jeremy Knowles of Morris Haynes, are representing the child’s paternal aunt, who filed the suit.

James said DHR failed to conduct a proper investigation of the child’s mother.

“Casen should have been removed from his mother due to her criminal history and the multiple reports of abuse and neglect made to DHR,” James said. “If DHR had done their job, Casen would be alive today. This innocent baby is dead because the people at DHR did not do their jobs and it is appalling that this was allowed to happen. It is past time for DHR and its employees to be held accountable for not doing their jobs.”

The lawsuit contends that Case had been in and out of jail during much of her pregnancy and was released just prior to Casen’s birth. According to the suit, Case had been charged with various offenses over the years, including driving under the influence, property thefts, multiple charges of possession and receiving stolen property, domestic violence, burglary, fraud, drug possession and robbery.

According to investigators, on Oct. 4, 2019, Case left her residence between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. the night before the child’s death, with him buckled into a front-facing car seat without strapping the seat to the vehicle. Case traveled to both Limestone and Madison counties where she was “dumpster diving” while the child was in the vehicle, officials said.

She then returned home around 5:40 a.m. and left the baby in the vehicle when she went inside the home and went to bed. Case awoke around 1:30 p.m. when the baby’s grandmother was banging on the door because she couldn’t find her grandchild.

They searched for the baby and found him in the car. Case then took the child in the home and placed him in the shower. The grandmother called 911, loaded the child in the car with Case, and met Athens Police at the Recreation Center at Highway 251 and Highway 31. The outside temperature was approximately 97 degrees when he was found. Casen was transported to Athens-Limestone hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“Casen’s family hopes and prays that this case leads to positive change so that future child deaths can be prevented,” James said.
 
The jury trial for a Toney woman accused of leaving her baby in a car overnight, killing him, has been scheduled for May, according to court records.
13-month-old Casen Case died in October 2019 after authorities said he had been left alone in a vehicle overnight, buckled into a front-facing car seat that wasn’t strapped in.
Multiple reports had been made to DHR that Elizabeth Case was abusing and neglecting Casen, according to Birmingham attorney Tommy James, and DHR knew about Case's drug use and criminal history, which includes DUI, theft, domestic violence and drug possession.

A jury trial is scheduled to begin on May 15, with a docket hearing set for May 5 at the Limestone County Courthouse.
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