VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Channel 9 has learned that Scott Gardner’s charges have been upgraded to first-degree murder for the death of his 18-month-old son.
On June 19, Gardner, 33, was taken into custody by the Volusia Sheriff’s Office and the Ormond Beach Police Department, facing charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect resulting in serious bodily injury.
The charges were related to Gardner’s 18-month-old son, Sebastian, who was left alone in a locked truck for more than three hours on June 6, according to deputies.
Deputies say Sebastian was left in a hot truck while Gardner got a haircut and went drinking inside Hanky Panky’s Lounge.
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