Mother accused of intentionally leaving children in car for hours during she got cosmetic procedure

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Porterville household is mourning the decease of a one-year-old lad who constabulary accidental was near successful a blistery car for hours by his parent portion she attended a cosmetic appointment.

Bakersfield Police accidental that 20-year-old Maya Hernandez near her 2 young sons, one-year-old Amillio Gutierrez and his two-year-old brother, strapped successful their car seats extracurricular a med spa connected June 29.

The toddler survived, but Amillio died aft being hospitalized with a assemblage somesthesia of 107 degrees.

The boys' grandmother, Katie Martinez, is devastated by the nonaccomplishment and the circumstances surrounding it.

"They were strapped successful their car seats. They couldn't adjacent get up to prevention themselves," Martinez said. "She virtually locked them successful their car seats and unopen their doors."

Martinez said she has repeatedly sat successful her ain car with the windows up and motor disconnected to effort to recognize what her grandsons endured.

"If you conscionable instrumentality 20 minutes retired of your time and spell successful your car and consciousness however it feels, I deliberation that's the lone happening that volition thatch you however to cognize what a kid feels," she said.

According to apprehension documents, Hernandez told constabulary she near the car moving with the aerial conditioning on.

However, investigators recovered the conveyance was lukewarm erstwhile they arrived and aboriginal learned it had an automatic shut-off diagnostic that turns the motor disconnected aft 1 hour.

Authorities estimation the children were near without aerial conditioning for astatine slightest 90 minutes.

A caregiver astatine the spa told constabulary that Hernandez had asked successful beforehand if she could bring her children to the procedure, but did not notation having them with her erstwhile she arrived. The assignment reportedly lasted lone 15 to 20 minutes.

Martinez said this was retired of quality for Hernandez, "She wasn't similar that. She was a truly loving mom. Those boys loved her. They truly loved her and they relied connected her."

Hernandez has been arraigned connected charges of involuntary manslaughter and kid cruelty. She is being held connected much than $1 cardinal bail and is scheduled to look successful tribunal Friday for a pre-preliminary hearing.

The boys' father, Martinez's son, who is presently incarcerated connected unrelated charges, learned of the calamity from a jailhouse chaplain the time pursuing his death.

A vigil was held Saturday astatine a section parkland successful representation of Amillio.

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