A Texas woman is behind bars after police say she deliberately left her infant locked inside a hot car with no air conditioning, leading to the child's death .

Vanessa Esquivel, 27, is charged with murder in Frisco, police announced in a statement on Thursday. According to law enforcement, Esquivel's child died on Aug. 16 after Esquivel "intentionally" left the baby in the car for hours as temperatures climbed into the mid-90s.

Esquivel "had arrived at her work in the 3200 block of Preston Road at approximately 2:00 p.m.," the police statement said. "At that time, detectives believe Esquivel intentionally left her 15-month-old child for over two hours in a vehicle she knew did not have working air conditioning with an outside temperature of at least 95 degrees."

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