CNN has news here on the death of a five-year-old in West Memphis apparently left most of the day in a daycare van.

Police said the child was picked up about 7 a.m. and found dead in the van in the afternoon at the Ascent center when children were being loaded for rides home.

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WATN in Memphis said the center cared for children with developmental disabilities.

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