A Texas mother was taken into custody Tuesday after police alleged her 22-month-old child died when she left the infant in a car outside a Corpus Christi school on one of the hottest days of the year.

The mother, 33-year-old Hilda Ann Adame, was jailed on charges of causing serious bodily injury to a child and child endangerment/abandonment with imminent bodily injury, according to a Corpus Christi Police Department incident report.

It was not clear how long the infant had been in the car before the baby was found unresponsive, according to the incident report.

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    22 days ago

    No one is saying you are free to go. It certainly doesn’t suffice.

    It’s not an excuse, it’s an explanation. It can happen to anyone.

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      21 days ago

      I’m not saying anyone in this situation shouldn’t face consequences, but it’s wild how much some people prioritize punishing a parent that just made the most devastating mistake of their life.

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        21 days ago

        I agree.

        This person fucked up in the greatest way possible. But they already know that. What’s sitting in jail gonna do?