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3-year-old girl suffocated in a car in California after her mother locked her up to tend her marijuana plants


Apart from Eustajia Mojica Domínguez, others four adults were arrested at the residence in Vilasia

Niña de 3 años muere asfixiada en auto en California luego de que su madre la dejara encerrada para atender sus plantas de marihuana
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A Hispanic mother was charged in California with involuntary manslaughter

after her 3-year-old daughter died inside a car from high temperatures while she was growing marijuana plants .

Eustajia Mojica Domínguez, from 28 years, he attended a marijuana crop after leaving the minor, identified as Jessica Campos, inside the vehicle for more than three hours, according to a Visalia Police Department press release.

This week, Some parts of California reported temperatures above the 100 ° F as a result of a heat wave .

Authorities came to the girl’s rescue on Thursday after receiving a report that the victim was not breathing . An agent from the aforementioned department who was nearby arrived on the scene and tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate the minor with CPR.

According to local media reports, first aid personnel and even firefighters collaborated in the efforts to save the minor and transferred her to a hospital. There she was declared dead.

Four other minors, two of 9 months each, one of 15 and another of 11, were at the residence. These were handed over to the state’s child protection services.

Apart from Mojica Domínguez, four other adults were arrested at the residence.

These were identified as: Araceli Mojica, 33; Emmanuel Ortiz-Aguilar, 34; Valentín Aguilar Ortiz, 27; and Víctor Flores Corona, 41. All four are being held at Tulare County Pretrial Facility on charges of endangering a child.

Booking photo for Eustajia Dominguez Mojica. @ ABC 30 pic.twitter.com/DJPtoof9QW

– Brian Johnson (@BrianABC 30) June 4, 2021

In the case of Mojica Domínguez, the woman faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and endanger a child.

The authorities also plan to file drug charges against the five adults.

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