Overview
- Harris County Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives and the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team arrested 36-year-old Gbemisola G. Akayinode on Friday.
- The charge follows the July 1 incident in a parking lot at the USG Corporation industrial complex in the 1200 block of Mayo Shell Road.
- Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said Akayinode faces a felony murder count tied to the death of her daughter, Oluwasikemi.
- The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined the manner of death was homicide due to hyperthermia.
- Authorities say the child was left in a vehicle during the mother’s work shift, and it remains unclear whether she was checked on during the day.