Father charged with murder after leaving daughter in 105F car

A father was arrested for murder after he allegedly left his infant daughter inside a car for more than nine hours on a day where temperatures reached over 100 degrees.

Joseph Boatman, 32, was detained Sunday after his 21-month-old daughter was left buckled inside a car in the Madisonville-area

Deputies with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office were called to a residence just before noon after a family member police said.

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