In a statement, Sheriff Jordan Kight says it all began with a 911 call Friday night, just before 8 p.m.
On the line, the 4-year-old's mother said the child was unresponsive and on the way to the hospital. EMS met up with her at a gas station and immediately jumped in to help the child.
Despite those efforts, the 4-year-old died shortly after arriving at a Vidalia hospital.
Kight quickly requested that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation step in to help his office investigate. That joint investigation led to the arrests of both parents: 26-year-old Seth Brown and 29-year-old Taylor Marie Hughes.
The pair was charged with first-degree cruelty to children, felony murder, malice murder and aggravated battery.
Toombs County 4-year-old dead, man and woman charged with murder
Sheriff Jordan Kight said two adults are now behind bars
