Dad who allegedly left son, 6, to die in car on near 100 degree day is an illegal immigrant out on bail for prior arrest
Briant Reyes Estrada, 27, pleaded not guilty to murder and child abuse charges Wednesday after his son succumbed to heat-related injuries in Paso Robles last weekend, according to cops.
'I am angry this boy died so unnecessarily. And I am even more incensed to learn this child's death could have been prevented,' San Luis Obispo's District Attorney Dan Dow said on X.
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3 Illegal migrant Briant Reyes Estrada was arrested and charged with the murder of a 6-year-old boy he left in a hot car in Paso Robles, California, on May 10, 2025.
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The dad is accused of leaving the child to melt in the car in the parking lot of the Paso Robles Inn last Saturday as temperatures soared to roughly 99 degrees.
Reyes Estrada eventually rushed the boy to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, cops said.
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The father was then arrested and slapped with murder and willful harm to a child charges.
US Attorney Bill Essayli has since revealed Reyes Estrada was an 'illegal alien' who had only just been cut loose on unrelated felony charges.
3 The dad is accused of leaving the child to melt in the car in the parking lot of the Paso Robles Inn
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'An illegal alien arrested on felony charges walks free then — two weeks later — allegedly causes the death of his 6-year-old son, who was allowed to die in a parked car on a hot day,' Essayli said in an X statement.
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'ICE issued a detainer to deport this alien, but he was released from jail because of California's sanctuary state laws. Had California allowed local law enforcement to honor the immigration detainer against this defendant, this child would be alive today.'
He had been picked up for misdemeanor false impersonation, misdemeanor forging a driver's license and two misdemeanor counts of embezzlement stemming from an incident on April 29, The San Luis Obispo reported.
3 Temperatures soared to roughly 99 degrees outside the restaurant.
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He was arrested and booked into the San Luis Obispo County Jail at the time, according to Dow.
'California's state 'sanctuary' law prohibited our county jail from detaining the individual on that detainer,' Dow said, referring to the ICE detainer.
'Had Mr Reyes Estrada been properly detained, he would not have been free and able to do what he is alleged to have done to his child on May 10th. This child's death would very likely not have happened.'
'California's sanctuary state law (SB 54) should be repealed,' Dow added.
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