A 20-year-old San Joaquin Valley woman is expected to spend more than a decade in state prison in connection with the death of her 1-year-old child\u00a0who died after being left in her vehicle in summer temperatures of more than 100 degrees\u00a0while she was getting lip-filler injections at a nearby spa.<\/p>\n
The June 29, 2025,\u00a0incident\u00a0occurred in Bakersfield around 2 p.m.\u00a0when Maya Hernandez left her two children\u00a0unsupervised\u00a0in her\u00a02022\u00a0Toyota Corolla\u00a0Hybrid\u00a0for more than two hours\u00a0while she went to the spa, KTLA\u2019s Bakersfield sister station\u00a0KGET reported.<\/p>\n
Hernandez, who told police\u00a0that she left the vehicle\u2019s engine running and the air conditioning on, was unaware that her vehicle had a feature\u00a0that shuts the motor off after an hour of idling.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they believe the vehicle\u2019s engine\u00a0shut\u00a0off around 3 p.m., leaving Amilio, 1, and Mateo, 2,\u00a0in the car for more than an hour while outside\u00a0temps\u00a0were in the 100s.<\/p>\n
Bakersfield Police Department Det. Kyle McNabb wrote in police documents that the internal temperature of the vehicle could have risen to more than 140 degrees, the\u00a0Los Angeles Times reported.<\/p>\n
When she returned to her car at 4:30 p.m., Hernandez found Amilio\u00a0foaming at the mouth\u00a0and\u00a0having\u00a0a seizure, police said. She called 911 and both children were rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n
Amilio was not breathing, had blue lips and no pulse when he arrived at the hospital, with the police report saying his internal body temperature had risen\u00a0to more than 107.2 degrees.<\/p>\n
He was pronounced dead by the Kern County coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Amilio\u2019s older brother survived the ordeal and has since recovered,\u00a0The Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Maya Hernandez, 20, a resident of Visalia, is scheduled to be sentenced in the death of her son on March 5, 2026, in Kern County Superior Court in Bakersfield. (Google Maps)<\/p>\n Earlier this month, the presiding judge declared a mistrial in her case when a deadlocked jury was unable to reach\u00a0a unanimous decision on whether the 20-year-old\u2019s actions\u00a0constituted\u00a0a reckless disregard for her son\u2019s life or if it was just a tragic mistake.<\/p>\n![\"Kern](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/466f2e99068a05db07accd163ff13f0c.jpeg\"\/)
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