A Dallas mother has been arrested after Frisco police determined she "intentionally" left her 15-month-old child in a hot car earlier this month. 

Detectives with the Frisco Police Department responded to Medical City Plano the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 16, after someone alerted law enforcement of an infant death in the 3200 block of Preston Road.

From the investigation, detectives learned that the mother, 27-year-old Vanessa Esquivel of Dallas, arrived at her workplace around 2 p.m. Saturday. Investigators believe that Esquivel left her 15-month-old child for over two hours in a vehicle she knew didn't have working air conditioning. The temperature outside was 95 degrees.

Authorities said because Esquivel "intentionally" left the child in the vehicle, resulting in the child's death, her actions "met the statutory requirements of murder." 

A warrant was obtained for her arrest, and she was taken into custody by Dallas police officers before being transferred to the custody of the Frisco Police Department on Aug 20.

Esquivel was later transferred to the Collin County Jail. Her bond is set at $250,000. If convicted, she faces a punishment of five years to life in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

Frisco PD is asking for anyone with information on the incident to call the department's non-emergency number at 972-292-6010.