INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis mother charged in the death of her baby daughter is scheduled to appear for her initial court hearing Friday.

Rachel McAfee has been in the hospital for severe frostbite injuries since police found her passed out in her SUV Tuesday afternoon. Her three-month-old daughter Emma was dead on the floor of the vehicle.

Court documents filed with the Marion County Clerk’s Office not only outline the condition of the mother when she arrived at the hospital, but also the moments that led up to the death of her baby.

After examining the body of Emma McAfee, the coroner determined the beautiful baby girl was no match against freezing temperatures.

Court documents reveal when officers found her on the passenger-side floor board of her mother’s SUV, the temperature at the time was approximately nine degrees. There were also signs of Emma’s death being consistent with cold-related deaths.

Tuesday morning, Rachel’s husband John sat down with Eyewitness News for his first interview about reporting his wife and daughter missing from home.

“She was supposed to take my daughter to my parent’s house and didn’t show,” said McAfee.

So John McAfee reported his wife and daughter missing Monday night at 7:24 p.m., when she failed to come home. He shared with Eyewitness News his wife also never made it to her intervention meeting Monday afternoon.

Tuesday afternoon, a woman living near John’s parents’ home on the north side of Indianapolis – about 23 miles from their own home – called 911 after finding Rachel in the SUV, lying across the center console, according to court documents.

Source: WTHR