POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A Hardee County woman was found not guilty of aggravated manslaughter but has been found guilty of leaving a child unattended in a vehicle for more than 15 minutes.
The jury reached the verdict in the case of Tracey Nix, 65, of Hardee County. She was accused of leaving her 7-month-old granddaughter in a hot car, where the baby died. As the ABC Action News I-Team first revealed nearly two years ago, this is the second grandchild to die under Tracey Nix's care.
Watch as verdict is read in Tracey Nix trial:
Prosecutors said Kaila Nix, Tracey's daughter, had gone to get her hair done that day and had asked her mom, Tracey, to babysit. That day, temperatures in Wauchula reached 90 degrees. Her mom's Lexus SUV was parked in the yard with the windows rolled up.
When one of Tracey's grandsons arrived, the complaint affidavit said that "all of a sudden," it "came across her head" that Uriel had been in the SUV all afternoon. Her husband, Nun Ney Nix, immediately began CPR.
Tracey Nix Trial: Follow ABC Action News' coverage from the courtroom
Trial Day 1: Jury selection for grandmother who left 7-month-old in hot car Trial Day 2: Daughter of Tracey Nix testifies in hot car death trial Trial Day 3: Nix not guilty of aggravated manslaughter, guilty on lesser charge Trial begins Monday for woman who left 7-month-old granddaughter in hot carThis is a developing story and will be updated
A Hardee County grandmother is on trial this week for leaving her 7-month-old granddaughter in a hot car where the baby died —the second grandchild to die under Tracey Nix's care. ABC Action News I-Team Reporter Kylie McGivern sat down with Kaila Nix just days ahead of her mother's trial for aggravated manslaughter.
