A 7-month-old baby died after being left in a hot car outside a Georgia car dealership last month — and now, the child’s mother is charged with second-degree murder.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a Nov. 5 news release that Nyla Simmons, 22, was arrested on Nov. 3 and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree cruelty to children after her infant was brought to a hospital in Albany and pronounced dead.

According to the agency, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office requested GBI assistance on Oct. 16 after deputies responded to the hospital regarding the child’s death. An online obituary identifies the child as Novanni Truvan Simmons, who was born in March of this year.

Deputies told GBI investigators the baby had been brought in from the Kia Automotive Dealersh

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