Neglected boy shut in room with heater on dies of hyperthermia

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U.S. –  A 2-year-old boy died in a home used as a methamphetamine lab after his parents left him alone in his room with a heater turned on – and didn’t check on him, police in Missouri said. Braydon Barnes was put in his crib on a Friday and left unattended with a space heater on for more than 38 hours, St. Charles police said. Both parents Kathleen Peacock and Lucas Barnes told police they had used methamphetamine recently. They told officers they had been manufacturing in the home the week preceding their son’s death.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]