Maryland woman killed by heatstroke had mental problems: medical examiner

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Maryland woman killed by heatstroke had mental problems: medical examiner

A Maryland mother who was found dead in June inside a car along with her two infant daughters had a history of mental problems, the state medical examiner's office said on Wednesday. Family members said the mother, Allison Pluck, 32, was mentally ill and suffering from hallucinations and paranoia, according to an autopsy report from the medical examiner's office. "The circumstances around the death make it most likely that the decedent had some sort of psychological break," Dr. Russell Alexander wrote in the report. She also ran her hands over the exterior of the box for at least three minutes while at the cashier to purchase it," the report said.Another employee said Pluck "looked like she wasn't quite with it." Police discovered Pluck and her daughters Shameka Gill and Shania Gill, ages 5 months and 18 months, unresponsive in a vehicle outside a Hagerstown school on June 16.  The cause of death was hyperthermia and environmental heat exposure, medical examiner's spokesman Bruce Goldfarb said.  Pluck was found in the reclined front seat of a small, silver-colored car.

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