Bond set for grandmother of baby who died of hypothermia

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Bond was set at $50,000 Friday for the grandmother of a baby who died of hypothermia after being left in front of a cold air conditioner while wrapped in a wet blanket.

Meanwhile, the bond hearing for the child’s mother was delayed Friday to give public defenders more time.

Three suspects – the mother, September De’Asia Seright, 19; grandmother, Diane Lamisha Seright, 42; and Antonio Bennie Nash, 39, all of Washington – were charged with felony murder and child cruelty in the second degree.

Arrest warrants for the suspects allege that on Aug. 6, the child was left in a car safety seat, wrapped in a wet blanket, while September Seright was in the shower, with the child in the bathroom. That’s where the baby got wet.

She then placed the child in front of the air conditioner “for an unknown amount of time” while she was lying on a couch and the other two suspects were lying in a bed, according to the arrest warrants.

The baby, 3-month-old Josiah Noel Seright, was pronounced dead at a hospital.

At the bond hearing, District Attorney Jared Williams called the case “baffling” and the public defender called it “horrible for everyone involved.”

Williams said Lamisha Seright has acknowledged September Seright is “exceptionally and developmentally slow,” a condition of which the public defender said the defendant is “very aware.”

Williams accused Lamisha Seright of failing the baby by not checking in and caring for her own daughter.

“No one in the hotel room had sense to check on that baby in front of the air conditioner,” Williams said.

However, the public defender said at the hearing that Lamisha Seright is the one who called 911.

The public defender painted her as a mom doing her best with four kids.

She made money by driving to Augusta to give plasma, the public defender said.

The judge set her bond at $50,000 and said she’s to have no contact with the co-defendants.

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