"KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Porterville mother has accepted a plea deal in relation to the death of her son, who was left in a hot car for hours in Bakersfield last year. Kern County judge Charles Brehmer announced the agreement between the Kern County District Attorney's office and 20-year-old Maya Hernandez during a hearing on Wednesday. The DA's office will be dropping the first-degree murder charge and in exchange, Hernandez will plead no-contest to involuntary manslaughter and two additional enhancements of child cruelty. She will also receive two strikes on her record."
"The deal comes after a mistrial was declared last December for the first-degree murder charge she was facing. RELATED: Mother accused of intentionally leaving children in car for hours while she got cosmetic procedure Prosecutors accused Hernandez of leaving her two young sons, one-year-old Amillio Gutierrez and his two-year-old brother, strapped in their car seats outside a med spa on June 29. Amillio died after being hospitalized with a body temperature of 107 degrees. His older brother survived."
A Porterville mother, 20-year-old Maya Hernandez, accepted a plea deal related to the death of her one-year-old son after he was left in a hot car in Bakersfield. Kern County prosecutors dropped a first-degree murder charge; Hernandez pleaded no-contest to involuntary manslaughter and two child cruelty enhancements, and will receive two strikes on her record. A mistrial had been declared in December on the murder charge. Prosecutors accused Hernandez of leaving her sons strapped in car seats outside a med spa on June 29; Amillio was hospitalized with a body temperature of 107 degrees and died, while his older brother survived. Sentencing is set for March 5, with a 15-year prison term.
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