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Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
What would you do if you came upon a child, or a dog, locked inside a hot car?
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Try to visualize it: You're walking through the parking lot of a shopping center. You spot a child in a car seat, locked inside a car. What would you do? What should you do? Let's start here: Don't just walk away. The temperature inside a car can rise 20 degrees Fahrenheit within 10 minutes and continue to climb quickly. Leaving the window open a crack does not significantly slow the process. Since 1990, more than 1,100 U.S. children have lost their lives in hot cars, and just since May 2025, 15 children have died this way. That does not include 1-year-old Amillio Gutierrez, who died June 29 after his mother, 20-year-old Maya Hernandez, left him and an older sibling in her car while she was getting a lip filler treatment at a Bakersfield spa. She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty. We asked Bakersfield shoppers on a 104-degree day this week what they would do if they encountered a child – or a pet – locked in a hot car. Some had already experienced it. Betty Eaves once came upon a wild scene, where a mother exited a store to find paramedics extracting her child from a locked car. 'The parent had come up and was just hysterical,' Eaves said. 'Oh, that's my child, that's my child. I don't know what happened to her but the baby was ok.' Nic Brown had a similar experience with a dog outside a pet store. 'Somebody had a little Chihuahua in their car and we tracked the person down and they ended up getting the dog out,' he said. 'We shouldn't be doing that.' So – what should you do? 'Contact the store management,' said Maria Vasquez. 'See if there's anybody in the store that owns that vehicle. If not, contact the authorities.' 'Definitely call law enforcement right away,' said Rikki Minus, who was bringing her 5-year-old into a grocery store. 'Don't leave the child. But if you can try to get in the car, break the window as soon as possible. Because it's very sad. Too many kids are dying like that.' Not everyone is comfortable smashing a window, however. 'Call 9-1-1, stay with the people, stay with the person near the car,' said Christina Barela, who was shopping with her almost-11-year-old daughter. 'I don't know if I would go as far as to break the window. I think I would wait until somebody had the tools to do that.' And that's OK, said firefighter Sean Rogers, a paramedic with the Bakersfield Fire Department. 'We always advise people to act within their own level of comfort,' he said. 'You could start small and try to (gauge the situation). Are you at a restaurant or a public area? Can you notify anybody? Does this vehicle belong to anybody? 'Do what you have to do in that sense, and then escalate from there. If you're unable to find the owner of the vehicle, the parents, whoever, then you would take the next step. If you feel that someone is truly in danger…if you do not initiate a rescue now, that would be the time to act and act responsibly.' Isn't that risky, breaking someone's window? Not necessarily. Not if you do it right, and confine the damage to the absolute minimum required to achieve the rescue. 'As long as you call 9-1-1 and act responsibly, there are Good Samaritan laws in place to protect you,' Rogers said. This kind of tragedy can happen even to responsible parents who just happen to space out. Some 52% are deemed to have simply made a heartbreaking oversight. What can parents do to remind themselves they have a baby on board? Throw your purse or brief case in the back seat with your child, so you're compelled to look back there before you exit the vehicle. Put a stuffed animal on the front seat as a reminder that you've got a passenger. As for passers-by who encounter locked-in kids in parking lots – when in doubt, act. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
Mom charged with manslaughter after baby dies in overheated car during cosmetic appointment
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A 20-year-old California mother has been arrested and charged after her 1-year-old son died in a hot car while she was inside a medical spa getting lip Hernandez is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty following the June 29 incident outside Always Beautiful Medical Spa in Bakersfield. According to Bakersfield police, Hernandez left her sons, a 1-year-old and a 2-year-old, in her 2022 Toyota Corolla Hybrid around 2 pm while she went inside for a cosmetic reportedly left the car running with the air conditioning on and gave the children snacks, milk, and her phone to watch videos. However, the vehicle's auto shut-off feature turned off the engine after about an hour, police said. This disabled the air conditioning and left the children inside a sealed car as temperatures soared outside to 101°F (38°C).When Hernandez returned to the car at approximately 4:30 pm, she found her youngest son, Amillio Gutierrez, seizing and foaming at the mouth. Her 2-year-old son appeared lethargic and had soaking wet hair, according to the police children were rushed to Adventist Health Hospital. Amillio was found unresponsive, with no pulse and blue lips. Despite emergency efforts, he was pronounced dead an hour later. The older child survived and has since been placed in protective internal temperature of the car is believed to have reached 143°F (61.6°C), based on estimates from the National Weather Service and the investigation, police discovered that Hernandez had earlier texted a nurse at the spa asking if she could bring her children inside. The nurse responded, 'Sure, if you don't mind them waiting in the waiting room.' Hernandez chose to leave them in the vehicle told officers she thought the air conditioning would continue to run the entire time and admitted she considered the risk but still left them in the car.'She admitted that she knew her actions were irresponsible,' Detective Kyle McNabb said. 'It is commonly known that leaving young children unattended in a vehicle in extreme weather is dangerous and can result in death.'Hernandez pleaded not guilty and is currently held on $1 million bail. Her next court appearance is scheduled for July 11.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
1-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Left in Hot Car While Mom Allegedly Got Cosmetic Procedure: Reports
A 1-year-old boy died in a hot car in Bakersfield, Calif. after he and his brother were allegedly left in the vehicle while their mom went to get a cosmetic procedure, according to reports The boy's 2-year-old brother survived with a body temperature of 99 degrees Their mother Maya Hernandez has been arraigned on charges of involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty, per ABC7 Eyewitness NewsA 1-year-old died after allegedly being left in a hot car while his mom went to get a cosmetic procedure. Amillio Gutierrez and his 2-year-old brother were allegedly left strapped in their car seats in Bakersfield, Calif. on June 29 while their mother, Maya Hernandez, 20, visited a med spa. The 2-year-old survived with a body temperature of 99 degrees, but Amillio died after being hospitalized with a body temperature of 107 degrees, ABC7 Eyewitness News reported. "They were strapped in their car seats. They couldn't even get up to save themselves," the boys' grandmother Katie Martinez alleged to the outlet. "She literally locked them in their car seats and shut their doors." The children were allegedly left in the hot car for two hours, according to court documents obtained by local media outlet 23 ABC News. The treatment Hernandez received allegedly only took 15 to 20 minutes, but the children were left in the hot car for far longer. Crime scene unit personnel were seen on the corner of Stockdale and S Real Road on July 2 taping off a section of a parking lot. The air conditioning in the 2022 Toyota Corolla hybrid car was set to 60 degrees, according to the outlet, citing a police offense report. Prior to her appointment, Hernandez messaged spa personnel asking if she could bring her children inside, receiving a response, 'Sure if you don't mind them waiting in the waiting room hun," according to the police offense report. 'In a normal person, it's not gonna happen,' Gricelda Anaya, who works next door to the med spa, told local NBC affiliate KGET. 'What we see on the camera is that they're trying to put cold water right here on the reception, and it was something very sad that never had to happen.' Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. According to court documents obtained by KGET, Hernandez allegedly had a run-in with Child Protective Services in March 2024 for emotional abuse, but it was deemed unfounded. Hernandez has been arraigned on charges of involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty, per ABC7 Eyewitness News. She is being held on more than $1 million bail and is scheduled to appear in court on Friday, July 11, for a pre-preliminary hearing. PEOPLE has reached out to the Bakersfield Police Department for comment. Read the original article on People
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Adorable boy, 1, bakes to death in 107f car while 'loving' mom left him to get lip filler
A California mother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly leaving her baby boy to die in a scorching hot car while she got a cosmetic lip filler procedure. Maya Hernandez, 20, is accused of leaving her two young sons – 1-year-old Amillio Gutierrez and his 2-year-old brother – strapped into their car seats outside the Always Beautiful Med Spa in Bakersfield on June 29. By the time she returned to her 2022 Toyota Corolla hybrid around 4:30pm, little Amillio was foaming at the mouth, convulsing, and unresponsive. His body temperature had soared to a deadly 107F. He was rushed to the hospital but died shortly before 6pm. The toddler's older brother miraculously survived and has since been taken into protective custody. Police say Hernandez initially claimed she left the car running with the air conditioning on – but when officers arrived, the vehicle was stifling hot. Investigators later discovered the car had an automatic shut-off feature that kills the engine after one hour. Experts say the internal temperature could have reached a blistering 143F. The car was parked facing west, directly in the path of the setting sun, during one of the hottest times of the day – with outside temperatures peaking at 101F. Surveillance footage reportedly shows frantic spa workers and bystanders dousing the children with water in a desperate attempt to save them. One customer grabbed the drenched 2-year-old and took him into the restroom to cool him down. A nurse told police Hernandez had inquired ahead of time about bringing her kids to the appointment, but made no mention of actually having them with her when she arrived. Staff even offered to let the boys stay inside in the air conditioning - but Hernandez allegedly left them outside instead. Cops say she didn't check on them for more than two hours. 'They were strapped in their car seats. They couldn't even get up to save themselves,' said the boys' heartbroken grandmother, Katie Martinez, told ABC 7. 'She literally locked them in and shut the doors.' Martinez said she's been sitting in her own car with the windows up just to try to understand what her grandsons went through. 'If you just take 20 minutes out of your day and sit in your car, I think that's the only way to know how a kid feels,' she added. Despite the horror, Martinez insists her daughter-in-law wasn't a bad mother. 'She wasn't like that. She was a really loving mom,' she said. 'Those boys loved her. They really loved her and they relied on her.' Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty. She's being held on more than $1 million bail and is scheduled to return to court Friday for a pre-preliminary hearing. The boys' father – Martinez's son – is currently behind bars on unrelated charges and learned of his son's death through a jail chaplain. A vigil for Amillio was held Saturday at a local park, where stunned members of the community gathered to mourn the young boy's tragic death. 'My message to her is to accept responsibility,' Gricelda Anaya, who works next door to the spa and witnessed the chaos that unfolded, told local news outlet WKRN. 'It was something very sad that never had to happen.' Court records reveal Hernandez previously had a run-in with Child Protective Services in March 2023 over alleged emotional abuse - but the complaint was deemed unfounded. GoFundMe page launched by the family says they are 'broken' by the loss and struggling to cope in the wake of Amillio's death.
