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A 65-year-old grandmother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter following the tragic death of a seventh-month baby girl, only months after her elder brother drowned in the woman's care.
Uriel Schock died in the back seat of an SUV, reportedly left unattended by grandmother Tracey Nix in Florida on 22 November.
The former school principal said she 'just forgot' about the infant after driving home from lunch and going to practice piano, leaving Uriel alone all afternoon in 90F (32C) heat with the windows up, according to the Hardee County Sheriff's Office complaint affidavit.
The horrific story comes only three months Uriel's brother, Ezra, drowned in a pond aged 16-months-old while unattended at Nix's home days before Christmas 2021.
Tracey (left) is 'totally devastated' by the tragic deaths of her grandchildren, her lawyer said
Kaila Nix is looking for 'justice' following the tragic deaths of her two children
Tracey Nix was looking after her granddaughter that Tuesday as her daughter, Kaila Nix, was getting her hair done.
After the death of Ezra, Kaila and partner Drew Schock 'didn't trust [Tracey] at all' and would never let their four-year-old firstborn stay with her mother.
'We were anxious, but I loved my mother and I am a daughter that wanted her mom in her life in some capacity, and in that moment, I thought that I could believe in second chances,' Kaila said.
She said the 'very minor amount of time' that Nix saw Uriel was 'almost always supervised.'
But Uriel was left unattended on 22 November until one of Tracey's grandsons arrived and 'all of a sudden' she realized she had left the infant in the car all day.
Her husband, Nun Ney Nix, performed CPR on the child unsuccessfully.
Nix attended a pretrial hearing yesterday.
Speaking to WFTS-Tampa, Kaila said: 'If I'm objective, she needs to go to prison. As her daughter it kills me to say it. As their mother I demand it.'
They said they would want Ezra and Uriel to know 'that we love them and
