Court date reset in baby’s hot car death
Published 6:45 am Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Hannah Faith Cormier. (Special to the American Press)
The pre-trial conference for a Jennings mother accused of leaving her 10-month-old daughter unattended in a hot car, has been rescheduled.
Originally set for Monday in the 31st Judicial District, the conference has been moved to July 15, according to District Attorney Lauren Heinen.
Hannah Faith Cormier, 32, pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide last October. She was initially arrested on charges of second-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile, but was indicted on the lesser charge by a grand jury.
The accusation against Cormier stems from an incident last August, when she allegedly left her daughter unattended in a hot vehicle for nearly two hours outside a fast-food restaurant while working. Temperatures that day reached the mid-to-upper 90s, with triple heat indices. The girl’s body temperature was recorded at 109 degrees upon arrival at the hospital.
Cormier told police she was called in to work and didn’t realize the child was still in the back seat until after she went to leave work, when she found her unconscious. Cormier took the child to a local hospital where she was stabilized and later transported to another hospital in critical condition. She later died from what police determined was a heat stroke.
Cormier is currently out of jail on a $10,000 bond and is being represented by attorney Bill Riley.