A Tennessee daycare worker who allegedly let a six-year-old girl die in a scorching bus said she skipped the required vehicle check because 'she was hot,' police said.
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Tametria Norry, one of the three women charged in the death of Winter Jones, delivered the excuse to authorities after her arrest on September 11, according to a police report obtained by WMC.
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Norry, the 49-year-old bus driver, was arrested alongside Sabrina Powe, the assistant director of Kid University in Cordova, and Amilya Hardin, a daycare assistant, prosecutors stated.
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The driver incorrectly logged that Winter had been dropped off that day, when in reality, she never left the school bus, a Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) report stated, according to the outlet.
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Powe, 43, and Hardin, 21, also admitted to not checking the bus that day, despite logging that they did, the report stated.
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Winter, a non-verbal autistic child, was found inside a hot school bus parked outside of the daycare on August 13 around 3.20pm, according to police.
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'That precious 6-year-old lost her life in a preventable death.
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I can’t say that enough,' Walter Bailey, an attorney representing Winter's family, told WMC.
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In reference to the report, Bailey said: 'It suggests that the conduct is inexcusable that led to the avoidable death and preventable death of young Winter Jones a six-year-old and hopefully, hopefully from that tragedy lessons will be progressed and promoted to assure that that type of death never occurs again it’s all about Winter Jones now.'
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Winter Jones, six, died on August 13 after she was left inside a hot school bus by staffers, prosecutors said
Her internal temperature was 109F at the time of her death.
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It was 95F outside that day, with a heat index of 103F, according to the National Weather Service
The beloved girl was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, where she died, her father, Bryan Jones, previously told WREG.
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According to Jones, his daughter rode a bus from the daycare to and from Macon-Hall Elementary, but on that day she was never taken off the bus when she arrived at school.
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It was 95F outside that day, with a heat index of 103F, according to the National Weather Service.
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Norry, Powe and Hardin have been indicted on one charge each of aggravated child neglect, criminally negligent homicide, and one charge of destruction of and tampering with governmental records, prosecutors said.
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They have all pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
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The daycare permanently closed its doors and surrendered its license the following day, the Tennessee Department of Health told the local outlet.
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The closure came after an inspection found that the daycare had five violations that showed that the business did not comply with state regulations regarding transportation, a previous report stated.
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'The driver and the reviewers admitted [they] did not conduct a walk-through to confirm all children were off the bus,' an inspector documented, per the report.
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Norry (left) admitted that she failed to complete the mandatory vehicle check that day because 'she was hot,' according to police.
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She, Sabrina Powe (middle) and Amilya Hardin (right) have all been arrested and charged.
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They have pleaded not guilty
Jones's heartbroken family and their attorneys announced that the investigation was completed and that grand jury proceedings are currently underway after the trio was arrested and charged.
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Bryan called his daughter's death 'senseless' and the result of 'absolute negligence' by the adults who were responsible for her.
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As a father, I won't be able to walk her down the aisle.
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I won't become a grandfather.
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I can't watch Winter progress even though she was diagnosed with autism,' Bryan added at the press conference.
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'Winter was progressing.
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All of that was taken away by absolute negligence, by people who were too busy doing nothing to where they couldn’t make sure Winter was taken care of properly.'
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Jones's mother, Nakia Cloman, also hit out at the daycare workers and bus driver.
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'I don't want another child to become a headline before people decide that something needs to change,' she said.
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Both of them have remained vocal online about their daughter's tragic death, and have pushed for justice for the women accused of putting her in harm's way.
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After learning of what Norry told police, Bryan took to Facebook with a heartbreaking message.
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Bryan called his daughter's death 'senseless' and the result of 'absolute negligence' by the adults who were responsible for her
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That precious 6-year-old lost her life in a preventable death.
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I can’t say that enough,' Walter Bailey, an attorney representing Winter's family said
'Ain’t letting up.
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JUSTICE FOR WINTER,' he wrote on Saturday.
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Before that, he shared an emotional post about Winter for National Daughter's Day, which was on Friday.
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'National Daughter Day and I will keep telling the world how much you are loved and missed.
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I’m thankful to have been chosen to be your Father!
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Justice For Winter,' he said alongside a clip of her.
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It remains unclear if the owner of the daycare, Raven Marshall, is being investigated as well.
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