Mother pleads not guilty in death of infant left in hot car in Jennings [Video]

JENNINGS, La. (AP) – A Jennings woman whose 10-month-old daughter died after she was left inside a vehicle in August has pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide.

Bill Riley, an attorney for Hannah Faith Cormier, 32, of Jennings, entered the plea Monday in state court and asked for a jury trial, the American Press reported.

Cormier was initially arrested on charges of second-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile, but a grand jury earlier this month indicted her on the lesser charge to which she entered the plea. She remains out of jail on a $10,000 bond, pending a pre-trial conference set for March 31, 2025. That conference will determine whether the case will go to trial or be resolved with a plea, officials said.

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Cormier is accused of leaving her daughter unattended inside the hot vehicles for several hours outside a fast food restaurant while she worked. Temperatures on that day …