A Texas mother is behind bars after her 1-year-old died when a car seat strap became wrapped around the child's neck while alone in a Ford Fusion on Halloween night.
Ashley Jasmin Rivera, 26, is facing a charge of injury to a child causing death , jail records say. According to a press release from the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office obtained by local outlets , deputies responded to a call shortly before 9 p.m. on Oct. 31 about an unresponsive infant in the 8100 block of North FM 88 in rural Weslaco in southeast Texas, not far from the Mexico border.
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When deputies arrived, they found the 1-year-old not breathing. Paramedics rushed the 1-year-old to

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