SAN ANTONIO – A Texas woman was charged with child endangerment after her two daughters died after she allegedly left them inside a car for more than 15 hours, according to a statement released by Kerr County Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer on Friday.
According to the release, Amanda Hawkins, 19, appeared at Peterson Regional Medical Center with the two children, claiming they had collapsed while smelling flowers at Flat Rock Lake.
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Brynn Hawkins, 1, and Addyson Overgard-Eddy, 2, died Thursday the hospital.
Investigators concluded that the children were intentionally left in a vehicle overnight Tuesday until noon Wednesday, while Hawkins was in the company of friends. The statement said she did not immediately take the children to the hospital because she "did not want to get into trouble."
Hawkins was taken into custody and is in the Bexar County Jail awaiting transfer to Kerr County.
KSAT-TV in San Antonio reported that the charges against Hawkins could be upgraded after the findings of the case are presented to a grand jury, Hierholzer said. He said it was "the most horrific case of child endangerment he has ever seen in his 37 years of law enforcement."