The Warsaw Zoo is home to a marmoset monkey. Anna Ferensowicz/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesTwo monkeys were found by Tennessee police in a hot car at a park.Police said that one of the victims was found dead and the other was in distress from extreme heat inside the vehicle.Nova Brettell and David Paul Brettell were both charged with animal cruelty.For more stories, visit Insider's homepage.Two monkeys were found in a burning hot car by authorities from Indiana on Wednesday afternoon.According to the Sevierville Police Department, Nova Brettell and David Paul Brettell are both facing charges of animal cruelty.According to police, the vehicle was found in the Soaky Mountain Waterpark parking lot in Tennessee. A worker reported that there was a dead monkey in the vehicle.According to the statement, responding officers discovered the dead nine-week old marmoset monkey along with another five week-old who "appeared in distress from extreme interior vehicle heat." The monkey that survived was taken to an animal hospital.WATE-TV reports that the monkeys were possibly affected by the heat in the car. According to police, it was about 87 degrees outside at the time of the incident.The statement stated that an investigation is ongoing into the incident and that "additional charges may be possible".Insider has the original article.
