A Texas mother has been charged with murder after “intentionally” leaving her 15-month-old child in a hot car earlier this month, which led to their death.
Vanessa Esquivel of Dallas is accused of entering her Dallas workplace at Medical City Plano around 2 p.m. on August 16, when outside temperatures were at least 95 degrees.
Officials responded to a report of an infant death in the 3200 block of Preston Road. An investigation revealed that Esquivel, 27, allegedly left the child in the car for two hours.
According to police, Esquivel abandoned the child despite knowing her car lacked working air conditioning. Because her alleged crime was “intentional,” Esquivel meets the statutory definition of murder.
Esquivel was arrested in Dallas on August 20 and taken to Frisco, where she was later booked into Collin County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
She is charged with a first-degree felony, which carries a maximum sentence of five years to life in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Frisco Police Department’s non-emergency number, 972-292-6010.
