Sentencing Postponed for Mother Charged with Child Endangerment

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Sentencing has been postponed for the Visalia woman convicted of child endangerment after leaving her two children inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield.

Judge Charles Brehmer said Monday a decision hasn’t been made whether Maya Hernandez, 20, will be retried on the murder charge after jurors deadlocked during the trial in December.

Hernandez left her 1- and 2-year-old boys inside a Toyota Corolla Hybrid for more than two hours on a triple-digit day in June 2025 while she underwent a cosmetic procedure at a medical spa on Real Road…

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