Jury selected for Maya Hernandez murder trial

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A jury has been chosen and opening statements are slated to begin Monday morning in the trial of a woman charged with murder in the hot car death of her 1-year-old son.

Maya Hernandez, 20, faces charges of first-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and child cruelty.

She’s accused of leaving her two young sons alone for hours in a car in June while she received a lip filler injection. Amillio Gutierrez was found unresponsive and rushed to a hospital, where his temperature was found to be 107 degrees…

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