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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida woman accused of leaving her 3-year-old child in a hot car for hours while she donated plasma has been released from jail.
La'Tana Williams, 27, bonded out of the Volusia County Jail Tuesday night, according to jail records.
La'Tana Williams. (Credit: Volusia County Jail)
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The backstory:
DeLand police responded to an area near New York Avenue around 4:30 p.m. after receiving a 911 call about an unresponsive child inside a vehicle.
By the time paramedics arrived, a witness had already started performing CPR on the child, according to police. The child, who was treated for heat exhaustion, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
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Investigators said Williams left her child unattended in the vehicle for two hours while she went to a plasma donation center nearby.
Williams told police that she was donating plasma to cover childcare costs, according to an arrest affidavit.
Williams was taken into police custody on Sunday. However, she was first taken to a hospital during her arrest after she reportedly experienced an allergic reaction to the handcuffs.
She now faces a charge of child neglect.
The Source: This story was written with information gathered from the DeLand Police Department and Volusia County Jail records.