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Mother Sentenced For Leaving Child In Hot Car

4-Year-Old In Car For 9 Hours

WARM SPRINGS, Ore., 9:32 a.m. PDT August 1, 2001 -- A mother will spend more than six years in prison for the death of her foster son.

SaragosHeat stroke overtook 4-year-old Andres Saragos on July 13, 2000, after he was left in a parked car for nine hours. Tamera Coffee, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in April.

The woman told tribal police and the FBI that she left Andres in the car with the windows cracked because she was angry that he refused to swim with his classmates at the Kah-Nee-Ta Resort. He said that he didn't feel well, but she thought that the boy was faking the illness.

Coffee reportedly told Andres to lie down so that no one could see him. She told police that she knew the risks of leaving him in the car.

Federal prosecutors say that Coffee put in a full day of work and stopped at a friend's house to eat lunch and watch a soap opera, but did not check on the boy until she left work after 5 p.m. Temperatures outside the vehicle topped 90 degrees that day.

After the six-and-a-half-year sentence, Coffee will be under supervision and must undergo mental health treatment.

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