Mother charged with murder could attend funeral

ATLANTA - The mother charged with murder after leaving her three-year-old daughter in a sweltering car has said goodbye to her daughter. <br> <br> Nakia Burgess was allowed to visit Asan&#39;te&#39;s body at a Decatur funeral home before the child&#39;s body was returned to Trenton, New Jersey, for burial. <br> <br> A Fulton County judge later set a $40,000 bond for Burgess. She could be released in time to attend her daughter&#39;s funeral later this week. <br> <br> Asan&#39;te died October 2 after Burgess left her in a car for several hours while she went to work. <br> <br> Burgess&#39;s attorney -- Phinia Aten -- says the family is trying to raise money to pay for her bond and for her daughter&#39;s funeral. <br> <br> Aten says Burgess left Asan&#39;te, who had Down syndrome, in the car because she had nowhere after day-care arrangements fell through.

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