US boy found in oven died from heat

JACKSON, Mississippi—A coroner says a toddler in Mississippi whose body was found in an oven died from heat injuries.

Washington County Coroner Methel Johnson said Friday that the pathologist is still trying to determine if three-year-old Tristan Robinson was conscious when he was put inside the electric oven. He also appeared to have suffered trauma to his head.

Police found the boy’s body at his mother’s apartment Wednesday. Preliminary autopsy results show he died from “thermal injuries” from being in the hot oven.

Greenville police have charged the boy’s 24-year-old mother, Terrie A. Robinson, with murder. She is being held on a $5 million bond.