Overview

• Vanessa Esquivel, 27, is in the Collin County Jail on a first-degree murder charge with bond set at $250,000.
• Medical staff recorded the child’s core temperature at over 106 degrees upon arrival at Medical City Plano, and the medical examiner found the death consistent with prolonged heat exposure.
• Investigators say temperatures reached about 95°F as the 15-month-old was left in a non–air-conditioned vehicle for roughly two to three hours.
• Employer records show Esquivel worked a Hand & Stone spa shift from about 1:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., contradicting her statements that she was with her son all day.
• An arrest affidavit cites a recorded call in which she said the incident was her fault and anticipated arrest, and alleges she stopped at a McDonald’s before driving to the hospital; she was arrested Aug. 20 on a Frisco warrant.