An 18-year-old mother in Lake City, Florida, has been charged with felony child neglect after police say she left her 2-year-old daughter locked in a hot car while she returned to finish watching a movie. Authorities say Tipora Merriex placed the crying toddler inside a 2002 Cadillac Escalade and went back into the theater to continue watching the “Smurfs” movie with her siblings.
