Overview

• Frisco police say the child was left after the mother arrived at her workplace on the 3200 block of Preston Road at about 2 p.m. on Aug. 16.
• Investigators allege the vehicle’s air conditioning was not functioning and outside temperatures were at least 95 degrees.
• Dallas police arrested Vanessa Esquivel, 27, on Aug. 20, and she was transferred to Frisco custody and booked into the Collin County Jail.
• She is being held on a $250,000 bond, and the charge is a first-degree felony that carries a potential sentence of five years to life in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
• Authorities have not released the child’s name or gender, and the case remains under investigation; federal data show roughly 37 to 40 U.S. children die each year in hot-car incidents.