ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- A 19-year-old Odessa woman was arrested Thursday evening after investigators said she left a small child alone in a hot car. Karina Sanchez has been charged with Abandon/Endanger a Child with Intent to Return, a state jail felony.

According to an Odessa Police Department report, around 6:40 p.m. on August 7, officers responded to the Sam's Club parking lot off of John Ben Shepperd Parkway after someone called 911 and said that a crying and sweaty young child had been left alone in an unlocked vehicle. The person who called 911 operators that they walked by an unattended vehicle and saw a child jumping from seat to seat and yelling for help. The caller said the child was "sweating profusely" as outside temperatures hovered around 99 degrees.

Investigators then m

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