Birth parents want foster mother charged

NICHOLSON - The birth parents of a 9-month-old girl who died of heat stroke want the baby's foster mother charged for leaving the infant in a hot minivan for more than two hours.

Jackson County Chief Deputy David Cochran says authorities are waiting on the results of a toxicology test to make a decision on whether to charge 29-year-old Wendy Osborne. Cochran said Osborne was on medication that may have made her disoriented and drowsy.

Authorities say Osborne returned home Tuesday afternoon, unloaded two adopted 3-year-old girls from the van and fell asleep inside her house. She woke up about two hours later and realized Jessica Scovil was still in the van.

An autopsy confirmed that Jessica died of heat stroke.

Birth parents, Robert Scovil and Evelyn Carter, were hoping to regain custody of their child at a Sept. 16 hearing.