PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — About two years before Andrea Luncsford appeared in a Peoria County courtroom charged in connection with the death of her one-month-old son, she was in another Peoria County courtroom where a judge terminated her parental rights for ...

A woman accused of leaving her infant son in a U-Haul for long enough that he eventually died will be detained before a pending trial on charges of murder and endangering the life or health of a child.

PEORIA, Ill. (WAND) - A newborn has died after being left in a hot car in Peoria. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the 1-month-old boy named Grayson was pulled from a pickup truck Monday and placed in a yard by the baby's grandfather.

A Chicago woman faces up to 100 years in prison after being charged with murder in connection with the death of her 1-month-old baby on Monday. Andrea Luncsford, 26, is also charged with endangering the life and health of a child.

Luncsford made a first appearance in court Wednesday afternoon, where Peoria County Assistant State's Attorney Jason Ramos said that her father, Andrew, and brother, Lane, found the child in a U-Haul van that she had been driving for the previous two days and took him to the residence.

An Illinois mom was arrested after her 1-month-old son died from “severe” hyperthermia and dehydration — after the newborn was abandoned in a hot car for an “extended period,” according to authorities.