Toddler di£s in hot car ‘after mum left him there to get lip filler’

A one-year-old boy di£d after his mother allegedly left him trapped in a hot car for hours while she went for cosmetic treatment.

Maya Hernandez, 20, is accused of leaving her son, Amillio Gutierrez, and his two-year-old brother fastened to their car seats in her Toyota Corolla hybrid outside the Always Beautiful Med Spa in Bakersfield, California, while she went for lip filler.

Amillio was foaming at the mouth, convulsing and unresponsive, and had a body temperature of 107°F (41.7°C) when Hernandez returned to her car around 4.30pm on June 29. A normal temperature is around 99°F/37°C.

He was declared de@d at hospital just before 6pm and his brother survived

His grandmother, Katie Martinez, wrote on GoFundMe: “When his mom left him and his 2-year-old brother alone in her car, Amillio was so special; he always had a smile no matter what.

“He is loved by so many, our lives will not be the same.

“His brother will forever be without his best friend.”

Hernandez told police that she left the air conditioning and car on while going in for the cosmetic procedure, according to arrest documents obtained by KFSN.

But investigators said her car was warm and that it had a feature to automatically turn the engine off after an hour.

The two boys are believed to have been trapped inside without air conditioning for at least an hour and a half.

Katie said: “They were strapped in their car seats. They couldn’t even get up to save themselves.

“She literally locked them in their car seats and shut their doors.”

Katie was also shocked at Hernandez’s actions.

“She wasn’t like that. She was a really loving mom,” the grandma said. “Those boys loved her. They really loved her and they relied on her.”

A nurse at the spa told officers that Hernandez asked if she could bring her kids with her as she got the procedure done, and did not say that they were in the car when she arrived. The lip filler appointment apparently only took 15 to 20 minutes.

Hernandez has since been charged with involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty, and is being held at on a more than $1million bail. She is slated to appear for a preliminary hearing in court on Friday, July 11.

A vigil for Amillio was held at a park on Saturday, July 5.

The GoFundMe page to bring his body home to Porterville and hold a celebration of life for him had raised $174 as of Tuesday evening, July 8.

“He just started walking on Thursday, and on Sunday, he gained his angel wings. I will never be the same without him,” Katie wrote.

Source: LIB