MILFORD, Maine — A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with manslaughter after her 3-year-old daughter was found dead inside a vehicle in Milford Saturday evening.

Penobscot County sheriff's deputies responded to a local business and found the child unresponsive inside a vehicle owned by her mother, 40-year-old Kelly Brown of Havertown, Pennsylvania, according to Maine State Police.

Brown was found nearby and was detained by law enforcement. She and her daughter had been the subject of an earlier issued attempt to locate and welfare check request from concerned family members, police said.

Following the discovery, the sheriff's office requested assistance from the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit North.

State police said the child's body will be taken to the Office of Chief Medical

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