22.10.2025
Gbemisola Akayinode a Nigerian woman who left her child in a parked vehicle in hot temperatures in Texas, USA will face charges for murder.
Unable to afford daycare fees for her daughter Akayinode had left her nine-year-old Oluwasikemi in the car while she was away at work for eight hours at a manufacturing plant in Galena Park, near Houston, but the girl died before she returned.
The 36-year-old Akayinode was arrested on October 17, after Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez ruled her daughter’s death a homicide resulting from heatstroke.
Court documents cited in the report revealed that Akayinode arrived at work around 5:45 a.m. and left Oluwasikemi in the car with food, a rechargeable fan, ice cubes, and water, after rolling the back windows halfway down.
Akayinode reportedly told investigators that she did not check on her daughter until her shift ended at 1:53 p.m. but upon returning to the car, she found Oluwasikemi unresponsive and blue, prompting her to scream for help.
According to court documents, the medical examiner’s office found the young girl’s body temperature was 108 degrees. They said her cause of death was hyperthermia.
Court documents revealed Akayinode admitted it wasn’t the first time she left her daughter alone in the car while she went to work. According to court documents, she did it the day before and admitted to a total of about four times.
Now, Akayinode is charged with murder in the death of her daughter, court records show. She was jailed Oct. 19 on $500,000 bail.
Park where nine-years-old Oluwasikemi died...