Texas Mom Gets 40 Years in Prison in Deaths of Daughters Inside Hot Car

Texas Mom Gets 40 Years in Prison in Deaths of Daughters Inside Hot Car
Amanda Hawkins in an undated booking photo. Kerr County Sheriff's Office
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A Texas woman will spend the next 40 years in prison for the hot car deaths of her two children, and a judge berated her in court.

Amanda Hawkins, 20, was sentenced Dec. 12 after a day of testimony in Kerr County. She pleaded guilty to felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child causing imminent danger of death, bodily injury, and two counts of injury to a child, reported Hill Country Breaking News.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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