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A 5-year-old Peoria boy passed away after being found unresponsive inside his family’s vehicle, and now both of his parents are facing negligent homicide and child abuse charges. Police say the family returned home from another child’s baptism around 1 p.m. on September 13. Nearly three hours later, family members realized the 5-year-old was missing and began searching for him. His mother eventually found him unresponsive inside the vehicle. Family members pulled him out and immediately began CPR before first responders arrived. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later passed away. Investigators say there appears to have been a miscommunication over who was supposed to get the boy out of the vehicle. Prosecutors said Anca Sabo asked her husband, Mihail, to get their son. The family’s attorney says Mihail then asked their 14-year-old to do it, while the teenager told the court he didn’t remember being asked. Temperatures in the area climbed above 100 degrees that afternoon, a...

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