A Texas woman who was arrested last week has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old child, who died in a hot car days earlier. Frisco police said Vanessa Esquivel, 27, intentionally left the child in the vehicle on August 16. Esquivel, who was arrested on August 20, left the child in the car for more than two hours while she worked, according to KDFI. The car reportedly lacked air conditioning. It was 95 degrees in Frisco on the day Esquivel’s baby died. According to The Dallas Express,...

An investigation is underway in Texas after a 4-year-old girl was found dead in a car on Tuesday. The girl was discovered in a car parked in Poteet. A family member told KENS that the girl is autistic, and the family believes she got into the vehicle on her own. KSAT reported the girl was pronounced dead at the scene. It is unclear how long the girl was in the car on Tuesday. Her cause of death is undetermined. If confirmed, the 4-year-old girl is at least the 18th child to die in a hot car this...