Police say a child was found in the car after 6:30 p.m. on Wanda Circle on Tuesday. Police suspected that the child had been in the car for an "extended period of time." "It was a tragedy," said witness Amy Barnes.
Officers were called to the 800 block of Wanda Circle, off Windy Hill Road, shortly before 7 p.m. A 911 caller advised officials that a child had been in a vehicle “for an extended period of time,” Cobb police said.
Late Wednesday morning, Cobb County police held a press conference to discuss the death of a child found inside a car in unicorporated Marietta on Tuesday night.
Chief Stuart VanHoozer said he would ask "grace" of the community in this incident, noting that, "we don't know right now whether or not criminal charges are warranted, or whether or not outrage is warranted.