Overview

• An arrest affidavit says Vanessa Esquivel worked a 1:45–4:15 p.m. shift at a Hand & Stone spa while her 15-month-old remained in a parked vehicle, contradicting her statements to police.
• Recorded calls captured her telling a coworker she left the child in the car with the air running and that the incident was her fault.
• Investigators allege she stopped at a McDonald's after leaving work before driving to the hospital with the unresponsive child.
• Medical City Plano staff reported a core temperature above 106 degrees on arrival, and the medical examiner ruled the death consistent with prolonged heat exposure.
• She is held in the Collin County Jail on $250,000 bond as detectives cite a nonworking air conditioner and roughly 95-degree heat on the day of the incident.