
Kayla Rodgers
Deputies said they were called to the hospital at 4:20 p.m. to investigate the infant’s death. Upon further investigation, it was learned that Rodgers knowingly left the child in an unattended parked car while she was at work in the in the Boomer community of Wilkes County. The child was left unattended in the vehicle for several hours.
Rodgers is charged with murder and felony child abuse. She is being held in the Wilkes County Jail without bond.