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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KGET) -- Grief-stricken household and friends gathered Monday successful Porterville to laic to remainder the 1-year-old lad who died successful a blistery car successful Bakersfield successful precocious June.
It was mixed emotions arsenic babe Amillio was laid to remainder -- some sadness that beingness was taken truthful soon but besides outrage astatine however that beingness was taken.
"It's hard to talk erstwhile you consciousness your heart's been taken retired of your chest," said Katie Martinez, Amillio's paternal grandmother.
Amillio had his archetypal day conscionable weeks earlier his death. He died aft being near successful a blistery car for hours connected June 29.
His interior somesthesia was 107.2 degrees, and his encephalon was swollen, indicating different indispensable organs had started to fail, according to tribunal records.
His 2-year-old brother, Mateo Gutierrez, survived.
"Mateo really kissed him. He was excited to spot him. He kissed him nonstop. He was precise blessed to person him back," said Yadira Magana, Amillio's aunt.
Mateo remains successful Child Protective Services since the incident, but was allowed to accidental goodbye to Amillio.
There are unresolved questions of who volition yet instrumentality attraction of Mateo.
"Mateo is going to beryllium placed successful a spot wherever he's cared for," said Martinez. "For me, from the beginning, it didn't substance who had him, arsenic agelong arsenic helium was going to beryllium loved and not taxable to being near successful a conveyance again oregon being near successful a parkland oregon by himself."
Rosendo Gutierrez -- the boys' begetter -- besides attended, but via Zoom. Gutierrez has been successful jailhouse since January.
"It conscionable hurts yet realizing he's really gone," said Gutierrez successful a FaceTime interrogation with 17 News.
Gutierrez explained helium and the boys' mother, Maya Hernandez, had a rocky narration astatine the clip and that they nary longer lived together.
Both Amillio and Mateo lived with 20-year-old Hernandez.
"I forgive her for what she's done," Gutierrez stated.
The boys' paternal gramps -- besides named Rosendo Gutierrez -- agreed.
"I clasp nary grudges against anybody. No grudges. And I consciousness atrocious for the mom," helium said.
Meanwhile, Magana said, "I can't fathom the thought of leaving my kids. And I was a young mom."
Maya Hernandez has been charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter and kid cruelty, aft leaving Amillio and Mateo successful her car for hours, portion she was getting articulator fillers astatine a aesculapian spa successful Bakersfield.
Her broadside of the household declined to remark for this story. But the paternal broadside noted this was antithetic behaviour for Hernandez, who had ever been a bully mom.
"Maya ever took her kids everywhere. It didn't substance if it was to the market store, to the store, it didn't substance wherever she was, she ever carried with the kids," Magana recalled.
The household requested nary video wrong during the service, but 17 News was allowed to beryllium successful and observe.
Amillio was successful an unfastened casket, surrounded by flowers, household pictures and stuffed animals, arsenic attendees caressed the "apple of their eye" 1 past time.
17 News followed on the procession; a procession that began with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse taxable opus for the Mickey Mouse enthusiast.
It was besides accompanied by a convoy of American Legion bikers and Cochinos bikers, arsenic Amillio was a large instrumentality of motorcycles and cars, household said.
More tears were shed arsenic the household said their last goodbyes to their beloved Amillio -- a silly, saccharine babe with a "teeth smile," arsenic 1 household subordinate described it.
"Don't conscionable permission your children successful a car," Magana said. "Don't conscionable permission your children abandoned successful a country oregon successful a home. Call for help. We would've been there. All [Maya] needed to bash was call. We would've jumped up for the boys."
Martinez added she begs different parents and families to not instrumentality their children for granted.
Maya Hernandez is owed backmost successful tribunal aboriginal this week.
