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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The 1-year-old lad who died Sunday aft his parent near him successful a car portion she received a facial attraction had a assemblage somesthesia of 107 degrees, according to recently released tribunal documents.
On June 29, Amillio Gutierrez of Visalia had nary pulse oregon different signs of beingness erstwhile brought to Adventist Health, according to reports filed by Bakersfield Police. He was pronounced dormant aft unit worked connected him for 40 minutes.
A 2-year-old besides near successful the conveyance survived. His somesthesia was 99 degrees erstwhile brought to the infirmary and his captious signs were normal, documents said. Hospital unit said children 2 and older are capable to sweat to chill themselves, thing children 1 and younger typically can't do.
The mother, Maya Hernandez, 20, has pleaded not blameworthy to charges of involuntary manslaughter and 2 counts of kid cruelty. She's being held connected much than $1 cardinal bail and is owed backmost successful tribunal adjacent week.
Hernandez told constabulary she thought the children would beryllium good due to the fact that she near her 2022 Toyota Corolla Hybrid moving with the air-conditioning acceptable to 60 degrees.
But constabulary learned from the store foreman astatine North Bakersfield Toyota that the car automatically shuts disconnected if near successful parkland for an hour, meaning the children were successful the car with the motor disconnected for astir 90 minutes.
The somesthesia deed 101 degrees during that clip period.
"Based connected the totality of the grounds astatine this clip it is wide that Maya Hernandez's actions caused the decease of Amillio Gutierrez," an researcher wrote.
When constabulary were called astatine astir 4:45 p.m. to the 10 artifact of South Real Road, they recovered EMTs moving connected Amillio and Hernandez holding the 2-year-old, who had "soaking wet" hairsbreadth and appeared lethargic, according to the documents.
Hernandez said she entered Always Beautiful Med Spa astir 2 p.m. for a articulator filler injection. She said she near the children successful the backseat with crackers, candy and milk, her cellphone angled truthful they could ticker TV.
"(Hernandez) stated she was definite that her car would enactment connected with the aerial conditioning moving the full clip she was gone, due to the fact that she had been successful her car for extended periods of clip earlier and had adjacent slept successful her car," an researcher wrote.
When her process was finished and she returned to the car, Hernandez told police, Amillio was red. She said she wasn't acrophobic astatine archetypal -- helium gets reddish easy -- but past helium had a seizure. She called 911 and asked spa unit for help.
The reports accidental Hernandez had been told her children could hold wrong portion her attraction was performed. It appears from the documents that unit and different patrons weren't alert her children had been near successful a vehicle.
The pistillate who performed the articulator injection told constabulary Hernandez texted her that greeting asking if she could bring her kids.
"Sure if you don't caput them waiting successful the waiting country Hun," the pistillate wrote back.
Hernandez didn't respond, according to the documents.
When questioned by police, Hernandez acknowledged she'd been told she could bring her kids inside.
An researcher wrote, "(Hernandez) admitted she knew that her actions were irresponsible and that she considered that erstwhile she was getting retired of the car, but she intentionally near them successful the conveyance regardless, placing the worth of her quality implicit the worth of the information and well-being of her children."
