Mother of baby left in hot car in Kingsland sentenced to 20 years in prison

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Rhae Ellen Odum, 29, was sentenced Wednesday in the death of her baby, according to a Georgia district attorney.

Odum was arrested and charged after she left her baby, Slade Edison Horne, in a hot car in Kingsland, Georgia.

According to the district attorney, Slade died of hyperthermia.

Odum entered a guilty plea on Nov. 14, 2018, and was sentenced Wednesday to serve 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation, according to the district attorney.

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