The mother told the I-Team she left the window open because their rental home had no working air conditioning.
ST. LOUIS — In May, a 4-year-old girl fell from a window of a home in St. Louis’ Walnut Park neighborhood. Her mother told the I-Team she left it open due to a lack of air conditioning.
“That’s the window my daughter fell out of,” Demika Williams said, pointing to the second story of the home she rents.
“And landed on the concrete?” Senior Investigative Reporter Paula Vasan asked.
“Yep,” she said.
Williams said her 4-year-old daughter lay on the ground, bloodied and unconscious.
“It just kind of brings tears to my eyes because it’s like my four-year-old. She don’t deserve this,” Williams said.
It happened on a day when temperatures were in the 80s. Without AC, Williams was forced to keep the windows open. She said they were windows with broken netting and no …