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STATEOF INDIANA

COUNTY OF ST.JOSEPH

STATEOF INDIANA

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HEATHER MARIE HUDSON

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FILED'" IN THE ST.JOSEPH SUPERIOR COURT) SS:

J U N 2 8 2 0 1 6 CAUSE NUMBER. 71DO~1(J06-F6-0o~7

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St J o seph S upe r i o r Cou r t) INFORMATION IN ONE COUNTS:

) COUNT I:) NEGLECT OF A DEPENDENT

) A LEVEL 6 FELONY

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COUNT I

JONATHAN W. SLAGH, upon information and belief, affIrms under penalty of perj'1' that:

On or about June 26, 2016 in St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, HEATHER MARIE. HUDSON

having the care of ~ a dependent, did know ingly place said de p.e ndept in a, situation

that endangered the dependent's life or health. j

All of which is contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and ptovided by I.C..

35-46-1-4(a)(1), and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana.

I affirm under the penalties for perjury that the foregoing representations are true.

ATIORNEY

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Probable cause found. Arrest warrant ordered issued. Bond set at$ /tJ/ tJaJ --

Corporate surety or$ 00tJO- cash in lieu thereof, so found this day the

2 day of June, 2016, at IL'L'I ~ '

~ /fd-,dLA J1U-LJUDGE, ST.JOSEPH SUPERIOl} COURT

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WITNESSES:

~IWIIIKristina Meadows

Robert NagleDet. Dave Leda, Special Victims Unit

Det. Brad Haney, Special Victims Unit

Jeffrey Chamberlain; South Bend Police DepartmentDevon Gilbert; South Bend Police Department

Phillip Herman; South Bend Police Department

Anthony Ieraci; South Bend Police Department

Anthony Ross; South Bend Police Department

Ronald Wilson II; South Bend Police Department

All witnesses listed in police, medical and laboratory reports


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SUPPLEMENTAL AFFIDAVIT INSUPPORT OF PROBABLE CAUSE

StJo Cs ep h S up en ' le. O r C o u

IN THE ST. JOSEPH SUPERIOR COURT

CAUSE NO. 7100~-1606- f~ . , D O O ~ c ; J ( a 7

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HEATHER HUDSONDOB-1981

STATE OF INDIANA

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY

STATE OF INDIANA

JONATHAN W. SLAGH affirms under the penalty for perjury and states:

I am a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the 60th Judicial Circuit and make this affidavit

after viewing verified South B end Police Reports. i

iOn June 26, 2016, officers with the South Bend Police Department were dispatched to

1290 E. Ireland R oad regarding an infant that had been locked in the back of a vehicle. W hen

officers arrived, they were met by Kristina Meadows who had noticed a young child locked in

the vehicle parked next to hers. When she exited her vehicle, she saw the infant and heard it!

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screaming. She saw that the only window that was open was the driver's window that was openi

approximately three (3) inches. Mrs. Meadows is a registered nurse and saw that th~ child was in

distress. The child was crying and fl~ling his arms.

iOfficer Phillip Herman with the South Bend Police Department was off-du7 at the time

the call went out concerning the child locked in the car and since he had "lockout tJols" in his

vehicle he responded to the scene. When he arrived on scene he saw the child in the backseat

was screaming and in distress. He was able to get the door unlocked and remove the child whoI

was later identified as three (3) month old T.H., the son of the DEFENDANT.

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Officers then had an announcement made in the Ross Dress for Less store atIthat address

asking that the owner of the vehicle come to the front of the store. The DEFENDAN T came to

the front of the store with her ten (10) year old daughter, L.H. When confronted with the fact that

her child was left in the backseat of her vehicle, the DEFENDANT said that she and her ten year

old daughter w ere going to go shopping for clothes. She said that T.H. fell asleep in the backseat

iand she forgot that he w as in the vehicle. She further stated that she was in the storel20-30

minutes before she was summ oned to the front by the public address announcement~

The ten (10) year old child was forensically interviewed and disclosed that she and the

DEFENDANT had left their home in North Liberty and.the DEFENDANT placed T.H. in the

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rear of the vehicle. Prior to leaving, L.H. and the DEFENDANT discussed whetherrL.H. should

isit in the backseat with T.H. The drive to Ireland Road took approximately half an hour. She

further disclosed that she and the DEFENDANT intended to shop at other stores in the complex

after shopping at Ross.

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Officers viewed surveillance video from Ross that showed the DEFENDA~T parking the

vehicle at 1:42 p.m. The first police unit arrived at approximately 2: 16p.m. The D~FENDANT

and L.R. did not exit the store until 2:32 p.m.

Weather reports showed that the recorded temperature at the time was 84 degrees with aI

humidity level of 71%.The heat index was 91 degrees farenheit. Studies have sho~ that with anI

ambient temperature of 84 degrees farenheit, after Y 2 hour the interior temperature 6f a motor

vehicle is approximately 113 degrees. farenheit. Andrew Grundstein, et. al, Quantifying the Heat,

Related Ha zard for Ch ild ren in Motor Vehicles, Bulletin of the American Meteorological

SQciety, 1183 (September 2010). This is inherently dangerous to a child as young as T.R. since

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young children and infants are more susceptile to heat illness than adults due to the fact that their

heat regulation abilities are less effective than adults. Catherine McLaren, MD, et. ~, Heat Stress

From Enclosed Vehicles Moderate Ambient Temperature Cause Significant Temperature Rise in

Enclosed Vehicles, Pediatics, Vol. 116, No. 1 (2005).

All of the above events occurred in 81 . Joseph County, Indiana.

I affirm under the penalty for perjury that the foregoing representations are true.

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