How Could You? Hall of Shame-Gabrielle Alonzo case-Child Death

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From Monterey, Tennessee, foster grandmother, Linda Charlene Stevens, 69, “has been charged with criminally negligent homicide” in the April 15, 2026 death of 7-month-old, Gabrielle Alonzo, when she left her in a car at Monterey Branch Library.

“The baby was left locked in her car seat until about 4 p.m., when a family member called Stevens to ask about the child’s whereabouts, according to Dunaway. That’s when the 7-month-old was found dead inside the vehicle.

Stevens was booked into the Putnam County Jail on Friday morning, and she is being held on a $50,000 bond.”

Foster grandmother charged with felony after infant dies in hot car outside of Tennessee library

[WSMV 4/24/26 by Chasity Maynard and Melanie Layden]

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