Kentucky Doctor Not Indicted in Granddaughter's Hot Car Death
A grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against a doctor who allegedly left her infant granddaughter in a vehicle where she died.
A Kentucky doctor will not face criminal charges in connection with the death of her 10-month-old granddaughter, who was found unresponsive in a hot car. A grand jury in Hopkins County declined to indict Dr. Stacey Fazenbaker, County Attorney Hannah Kington-Jarvis announced.
The Madisonville Police Department conducted a thorough investigation, and all relevant evidence was presented to the grand jury. Kington-Jarvis stated that the Commonwealth waited to present the case until all evidence was available. She also asked for the public to keep the infant’s parents and family in their thoughts.
Fazenbaker, 61, was accused of picking up her granddaughter, Scottie Gwyn Crowell, to take her to daycare on August 13. Temperatures that day reached 95 degrees Fahrenheit. Fazenbaker allegedly forgot the infant in the back of her car as she went to work at Owensboro Health Multicare. Scottie’s father discovered the baby was not at daycare later that day, which prompted her mother, Fazenbaker’s daughter, to contact Fazenbaker.
Fazenbaker reportedly returned to her car approximately eight hours later, around 4 p.m., and found Scottie unresponsive. First responders were unable to revive the child. The infant's parents, Sydni and Micah Crowell, were consulted during the investigation.