KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Authorities in Tennessee say a child found dead in a car at a parking lot in sweltering heat was a 6-month-old boy.
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services spokeswoman Jennifer Donnals confirmed the child’s age and gender to the Knoxville News Sentinel .
The child was pronounced dead at the scene outside a grocery store Aug. 9.
No arrests have been made and the death remains under investigation by the department, Knoxville police and the Knox County Regional Forensic Center.