--- description: Jade Elizabeth and Anthony Dyllan Phillips were charged with murder after leaving the 2-year-old in the car overnight in Tennessee title: Parents Charged With Murder After Toddler Left in Hot Car Overnight Dies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Parents Charged With Murder After Toddler Left in Hot Car Overnight Dies by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2017 9:31 PM CUT by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2017 9:31 PM CUT The parents of a 2-year-old [Tennessee](http://time.com/money/4809035/states-beer-taxes-highest-lowest/ "undefined") boy who died after being [left in a hot car](http://www.thedrive.com/news/12082/11-year-old-boy-invents-device-to-save-hot-car-deaths "undefined") overnight were arrested and charged with felony murder Monday. The young boy was found dead at 2 p.m. on July 14 after one of his parents [called 911](http://time.com/4376706/woman-calls-911-cheese-pizza/ "undefined") saying he was left in a car overnight as temperatures reached as high as 90 degrees,[ according to USA _Today._](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/25/parents-tenn-hot-car-toddler-death-charged-felony-murder/507448001/ "undefined") A release from the Fourth District of Tennessee Attorney General Jimmy Dunn said that 24-year-old Jade Elizabeth and 26-year-old Anthony Dyllan Phillips were charged with first-degree murder committed in perpetration of aggravated child neglect, first-degree murder committed in perpetration of aggravated child abuse, aggravated child neglect and aggravated child abuse, USA _Today_ reported. The couple is being held on a $250,000 bond, and court dates have not yet be scheduled. If convicted, the couple could face the death penalty, life in prison without parole or a life sentence with a minimum of 51 years, according to the report. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4873633/murder-charges-child-left-hot-car-tennessee/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4873633/murder-charges-child-left-hot-car-tennessee/"},"headline":"Parents Charged With Murder After Toddler Left in Hot Car Overnight Dies","datePublished":"2017-07-25T21:31:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:43:49.099Z","description":"The couple could face the death penalty, if convicted","url":"https://time.com/4873633/murder-charges-child-left-hot-car-tennessee/","keywords":["Crime","Tennessee","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4873633/murder-charges-child-left-hot-car-tennessee/","name":"Parents Charged With Murder After Toddler Left in Hot Car Overnight Dies"}}]}] ```