2 connected to 3-year-old's death in hot car sentenced to 120 days in jail

Wednesday, January 12, 2022
VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two people arrested in connection to the death of a young girl who was left in a hot car will spend some time behind bars.

Valentin Aguilar Ortiz and Victor Manuel Corona Flores were sentenced to 120 days in jail, two years probation, and other fines.
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Three-year-old Jessica Campos was left in a car during a heatwave in Visalia last summer while police say her mother, Eustajia Mojica, was tending a marijuana grow.

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In October, Mojica was sentenced to one year in jail with 32 days credit for time served and four years probation for the girl's death.
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Four other adults, including Ortiz and Flores, were arrested on child endangerment charges after four other children, including two nine-month-old babies, were found inside the home.

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