U.S. Based Nigerian Woman Arrested for Murder After 9-Year-Old Daughter Dies in Overheated Car
Emmanuel Femi Adedayo 
Authorities in Texas have arrested a U.S. based Nigerian woman, Gbemisola Akayinode, 36, for the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, Oluwasikemi Akayinode, who died after being left inside a hot car.
According to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the child’s death was ruled a homicide caused by hyperthermia (heat stroke).
Investigations revealed that Oluwasikemi was left in the vehicle for more than eight hours on July 1, while her mother went to work at a manufacturing plant in Galena Park, near Houston, on a day when temperatures reached 99 degrees.
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