A North Texas woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison following a murder conviction linked to the death of her infant child. The incident occurred in Frisco, a city located approximately 12 miles northwest of Plano.
Frisco police identified the defendant as 27-year-old Vanessa Esquivel. Authorities stated that in August, Esquivel left her 15-month-old child inside a parked vehicle outside her place of employment.
Investigators reported that the child remained in the car for more than two hours. The vehicle’s air conditioning was not functioning during that time. Outside temperatures at the location reached at least 95 degrees, according to the investigation details.
Esquivel was found guilty of murder based on these circumstances. The court handed down the 25-year prison sentence as the penalty for the conviction.
