{"id":89992,"date":"2025-12-11T02:25:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89992\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:25:26","slug":"prosecution-presents-chilling-testimony-in-hernandez-child-endangerment-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89992\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecution presents chilling testimony in Hernandez child endangerment case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The prosecution in the Maya Hernandez child endangerment case continued to build its case today, presenting testimony from multiple witnesses about the conditions her children endured. <\/p>\n<p>A Bakersfield detective testified that a re-enactment of the incident showed the car&#8217;s temperature rising by about 20 degrees within 15 minutes after it automatically shut off. <\/p>\n<p>By the time Hernandez returned, the car&#8217;s interior had reached approximately 116 degrees. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/opening-statements-start-in-murder-trial-of-mother-accused-in-sons-hot-car-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED: Opening statements start in murder trial of mother accused in infant son&#8217;s hot car death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, the defense questioned the validity of the re-enactment, arguing that the presence of an adult and two children could have altered the results, as people absorb heat. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Opening statements were delivered in Kern County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/45ba1b49-8e6b-43bc-bea5-f8f740516410-Sequence_MILLS_MAYAHERNANDEZOPENINGARGUMENTS_0001_frame_44142.j.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Opening statements were delivered in Kern County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n<p>The detective explained that no outside experts were consulted due to time constraints and weather conditions, and that using people in such dangerous heat was deemed incompatible by his supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>A cosmetic spa employee testified that she saw Hernandez sitting in the driver&#8217;s seat with her baby, who appeared red and overheated, 15 minutes after Hernandez had left to retrieve her phone from the car. <\/p>\n<p>The employee claimed Hernandez did not seem to react with urgency and was not seen crying, yelling, or asking for help. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Opening statements were delivered in Kern County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/49319f60-4fa9-4915-8573-2a937c0a3271-Sequence_MILLS_MAYAHERNANDEZOPENINGARGUMENTS_0001_frame_48164.j.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Opening statements were delivered in Kern County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/docs-show-mother-left-car-running-with-ac-on-before-shutting-off-killing-child-bakersfield-medical-spa-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED: Docs show mother left car running with AC on before shutting off, killing child<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The employee advised Hernandez to take the baby inside the spa for first aid and noticed a second child in the back seat who also looked weak and flushed. <\/p>\n<p>The employee carried the second child inside, while another client called 911.<\/p>\n<p>Nurses from Adventist Health also testified. <\/p>\n<p>A registered nurse described treating one-year-old Amilio, who arrived intubated, without a pulse, not breathing, and with a dangerously high temperature of 107 degrees. <\/p>\n<p>She said he appeared pale and almost blue. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/newsletter-daily\/child-dies-after-being-left-in-hot-car-mother-faces-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RELATED: Baby dies, toddler hospitalized after being left in hot car; mother faces charges<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another nurse, who treated the older child, Matteo, reported that his temperature and behavior were normal, explaining that infants have more difficulty regulating their body temperature, which may account for the differing effects on the two children.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Opening statements were delivered in Kern County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/83b33e0c-e99a-4aef-9942-58b1d1ed837e-Sequence_MILLS_MAYAHERNANDEZOPENINGARGUMENTS_0001_frame_37668.j.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Opening statements were delivered in Kern County Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n<p>The trial is set to resume tomorrow morning as the prosecution continues to present its case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The prosecution in the Maya Hernandez child endangerment case continued to build its case today,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-89992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}