VERO BEACH - An autopsy is scheduled Friday for a 5-month old male infant found dead inside a hot SUV Thursday evening, said Vero Beach Police spokesman John Morrison.
Gannon Werking died Thursday after his mother, Stephanie Werking of Sebastian, left him inside a parked vehicle, according to a police department news release.
About 5 p.m. Thursday, a passerby called 911 when he saw a woman “screaming hysterically” in the parking lot of First United Bank at 17th Street and Indian River Boulevard, Morrison said.
“The child was obviously deceased at the scene,” he said, adding the cardiopulmonary resuscitation was not performed on the infant.
The mother arrived at work about 8:30 a.m. Thursday and discovered the child in the back seat of a gray Ford Edge about 5 p.m., police said.
Morrison said the mother worked inside the building, which houses other businesses in addition to the bank. He did not release which business employed her. Werking has not been charged as of Thursday evening.
The National Weather Service in Melbourne reports Vero Beach had a high temperature of 90 degrees Thursday, making temperatures inside the SUV from 135 degrees to 140 degrees, said meteorologist Jan Null, who researches hyperthermia deaths in children.
