{"id":326235,"date":"2024-07-25T22:22:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T03:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=326235"},"modified":"2024-07-26T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T14:52:18","slug":"gambler-is-sentenced-to-prison-after-her-daughters-die-alone-in-hot-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-is-sentenced-to-prison-after-her-daughters-die-alone-in-hot-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler is Sentenced to Prison After Her Daughters Die Alone in Hot Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother was sent to state prison on Thursday for between 94 and 125 months for leaving two young girls alone in her vehicle<\/a> at a casino for over six hours on a hot summer\u2019s day, which led to their deaths.<\/p>\n

\"Launice
Launice Shanique Battle in a mug shot, pictured above, was sentenced to prison after leaving her two daughters alone in a hot car at a casino. Both girls died. (Image: Raleigh Police Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trapped girls, one of whom was two and the other three, both perished in the back seat of the car while Launice Shanique Battle, 30, of Cary, NC, was gambling.<\/p>\n

Battle drove to Raleigh\u2019s Vegas Style Sweepstakes gaming property on Aug. 27, 2022, and didn\u2019t bother to check on the girls who remained unsupervised in the car for hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sentence was handed down by Wake County Superior Court Judge Rebecca W. Holt.<\/p>\n

Battle faced more than 80 years in prison after she was charged with two counts of murder<\/a>. The North Carolina<\/a> judge approved the reduced sentence of between seven and over 10 years after Battle said she would accept responsibility for \u201ccriminal conduct,\u201d according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Under the plea deal, Battle pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n

The two victims were identified as Amora Milbourne, 3, and Trinity Milbourne, 2, according to “Law&Crime,” a TV show.<\/p>\n

The deadly incident came to light when the two girls were driven to Duke Raleigh Hospital by Battle after she finally returned to the car to find them unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Bodies Decomposing<\/h2>\n

The girls’ bodies had already started to decompose<\/a> when doctors examined them and neither had a body temperature, according to medical reports. The physicians alerted local police after health professionals declared both girls dead.<\/p>\n

Based on an autopsy<\/a>, the official cause of death for the girls was hyperthermia.<\/p>\n

On 8\/27\/2022, [Amora] and her 2-year-old sibling [Trinity] were reportedly left in a vehicle parked behind a gambling establishment from approximately 1430 hours to 2030 hours (6 hours),\u201d the autopsy revealed, according to North Carolina TV station WNCN<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cDocumented weather for that time was hot, with a high temperature 95 degrees Fahrenheit with skies varying from partly to mostly cloudy with some light rain,\u201d the autopsy added.<\/p>\n

Battle was arrested the day after the incident.<\/p>\n

Cousin Defends Mother<\/h2>\n

Despite the death of the two girls, Battle\u2019s cousin, Keisha Harris, defended Battle to North Carolina TV station WRAL<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s a caring and loving mother to her kids at the end of the day. She\u2019s not a cold-blooded murderer. She\u2019s not a killer,\u201d Harris said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The News & Observer<\/em> reported that Child Protective Services investigated Battle three times between 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n

During her brief life, Amora suffered from many ailments. Born prematurely, she had chromosome deletion, congenital heart disease, and was given a gastrostomy tube. She also suffered a cerebellar stroke and was repeatedly hospitalized during her short life, according to North Carolina TV station WECT<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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