Maya Hernandez will be sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter
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- A California mother who left her 1-year-old son to die in a hot car pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter
- Maya Hernandez, 20, was previously charged with murder, but her trial ended in a mistrial after the jury remained deadlocked
- Hernandez is set to face 15 years in prison following her plea
A California mother whose baby died after she left him in a hot car took a plea deal that will land her behind bars for 15 years.
Maya Hernandez pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter as part of the plea deal on Wednesday, Feb. 11, which saw prosecutors drop a first-degree murder charge, according to KFSN, KTVU and KGET.
Hernandez had been accused of leaving her 1-year-old son, Amillio Gutierrez, and her other son, 2, in a hot car while she went to get lip filler injections in Bakersfield, Calif., in June 2025, according to an affidavit previously reported by KERO-TV…