A Texas mother is accused of leaving her 15-month-old child to die in a hot car while she went to work.

The child’s mother, 27-year-old Vanessa Esquivel, allegedly “intentionally” left her toddler in a vehicle for two hours on August 16, which “she knew did not have working air conditioning with an outside temperature of at least 95 degrees,” the Frisco Police Department said in a press release on Thursday. The incident occurred at around 2:00 p.m. after Esquivel arrived at work in the 3200 block of Preston Road.

The department did not disclose the child’s gender or name.

“Based on information gathered during the investigation, Frisco Detectives believed probable cause existed that Esquivel had committed Murder, as her intentionally leaving the child in the car caused injury/endangere

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