BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Scripps News Bakersfield) — As jurors watched Maya Hernandez’s reaction in a recorded interview to being told by detectives that her son, Amillio Gutierrez, had died, her grandfather also watched in the courtroom with tears in his eyes.

Jurors on Wednesday watched Hernandez’s first recorded interview with detectives, taken before her arrest, where she appeared subdued but not openly crying. She quietly answered questions as detectives read her rights and reminded her she was not under arrest.

Maya Hernandez appears in court during opening statements in her murder trial on Dec. 8, 2025. (Court TV)

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