A five-year-old Texas girl who had just started school never made it back to the classroom after she died in a hot car outside her family's home.
Little Faustina Jean-Paul was found around 8.20pm on Tuesday inside the vehicle after a hectic search of the 5-bed, $600,000 property in the Dallas suburb of Garland, police said.
An adult family member picked her and her older brother up from school - but when they got home, only two people exited the car during 100F heat wave.
The siblings are said to have been picked up around 3.30pm before making it back home between 4pm and 4.30pm, Officer Matthew Pesta with the Garland Police Department told the Daily Mail.
Faustina then sat alone in the roasting car for four hours with no way out, as the windows remained closed and the doors were locked shut, Pesta revealed.
With the triple-digit heat outside, it would have only taken 10 minutes for it to reach nearly 120F inside the car. In an hour, that number can climb to 140F.
Family members performed CPR on the young girl until paramedics took over. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she died, according to police.
No one has been charged, and the investigation remains ongoing, Pesta said.
Little Faustina Jean-Paul, five, died on Tuesday evening after she sat inside a scorching car for about four hours during an 'extreme heat warning'
Faustina sat alone in the car just outside their home (pictured). She had no way out as the car windows remained closed and the doors were locked shut, police told the Daily Mail
'We are still waiting for the ME's official findings to come back. We are working with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office and want to ensure everything is thoroughly investigated,' he previously said.
Faustina's cause of death is not yet known.
Her family members had looked around for her for some time before locating her in the car, Pesta told WFAA.
'They started looking everywhere, right? Like you would a child, and then they started looking outside. Is she out there playing? You know, where's she at? And then somebody located her still in the vehicle,' he said.
Pesta added: 'There are no words to describe how devastating this can be.'
The Garland Independent School District, where Faustina attended school, also confirmed her death.
The school year had just started on August 10 and she was new to the district.
'Garland ISD confirms with heavy hearts that the five-year-old child who tragically passed away was a new student in our district,' the district told the Daily Mail.
'This profound loss saddens us deeply, and our thoughts are with the family.'
The district also said that crisis counseling is available to support both students and staff who are impacted by her death.
Family members performed CPR on the young girl until paramedics took over. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she died. Her cause of death is unkown
A GoFundMe page has also been created to raise money for Faustina's funeral.
Although the fundraiser did not name her, the person who created it, Joel Z, did name her father, Aziz Jean-Paul.
'It is with a heavy heart that I'm creating this GoFundMe on behalf of my dear friend, who is grieving the heartbreaking loss of his beloved daughter,' the page read.
'No parent should ever have to experience the pain of losing a child. During this incredibly difficult time, we are coming together to support him and his family with funeral and memorial expenses, as well as other unexpected costs they may face while taking the time they need to grieve.'
As of Monday afternoon, it has raised just over $300.
According to an obituary page, which has not yet been completed in full, a funeral service will be held for her on September 5 at New Hope Funeral Home Chapel, followed by a burial.
The Daily Mail contacted Garland ISD, the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office, Aziz, and Joel for comment.
