Kela Stanford, from Birmingham, was taken into custody on August 1 on a felony charge of leaving a child in a car.

A contractor for the Alabama agency tasked with child welfare was charged after allegedly leaving a toddler in a hot car for five hours, resulting in his death.

A woman has been arrested in Alabama in connection with the death of 3-year-old Ke’Torrius “K.J.” Starkes Jr., who died last week after a state-contracted worker left him unattended in a car for several hours in the sweltering summer heat.