A tragic incident in Manatee County has left a community mourning after a 6-year-old girl died from being left in a scorching hot car. Markise L. Outing, a 24-year-old man, has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter following the harrowing event. According to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, Outing brought the girl, desperately seeking medical attention, to a Southern Manatee Fire Department station in Bradenton on May 20. However, it was too late. As reported by FOX 13 News, deputies affirmed the child was left in a parked car where temperatures soared.

Outing initially claimed the child became overheated after playing at a park. Contradictory to his account, an investigation including GPS data from the 4600 block of 19th Street Ct. East indicated she was left inside the parked car at Outing's workplace for "several hours," during which time the temperature inside the vehicle escalated to deadly levels. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office noted inconsistencies in Outing's statements, with the interior temperature of the car estimated to have reached over 115 degrees. Details gathered by ABC Action News further remarked an autopsy confirmed the child's death was due to extreme heat.

Medical personnel recorded a devastating core body temperature of 107.2 degrees for the young girl. In the somber discovery, signs of the child's distress were evident, including vomit in the car. The victim's mother shared with investigators that her daughter was normally situated in a booster seat and possessed the ability to climb out of the vehicle on her own, as per insights from WFLA News. MCSO's Warren mentioned, "There was some vomit in the car. There was stuff that showed that the child had been sick."

While Outing has expressed remorse to the child's mother after the fact, he has yet to officially admit to leaving her in the car. The victim, who was described by her mother as capable and without any disabilities that would prevent her escape from the booster seat, was inadvertently caught in a fatal oversight. Sheriff's Office spokesperson Warren relayed, "(Outing) has said some things to her like he’s sorry, but we have not received any statements from him to where he admits to having left her inside the vehicle." The community and law enforcement now grapple with this heartbreaking loss, seeking to ensure justice while confronting the stark reminder of the dangers that can arise when children are left unattended in vehicles.