A Dallas mother has been found guilty of murder by a Collin County jury months after police said she left her 15-month-old in a vehicle on a day when temperatures topped 90 degrees.
Vanessa Esquivel, 28, of Dallas, was arrested in August 2025 following the death of her child, according to the Frisco Police Department.
Esquivel was accused of “intentionally” leaving the child in her car after arriving at her job in the 3200 block of Preston Road at about 2 p.m., police said…