GOSHEN – A 33-year-old mother who left her two-year-old in a car for eight hours while she went to work has been indicted on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said Zenaida Soriano-Rincon of Middletown was indicted on Wednesday in connection with the child’s death.
It was alleged that the child, whose gender was not released, was brought to work with her on September 19, 2025 because she had no babysitter. Soriano-Rincon left the child in the car with the windows up or only slightly opened on a day when the temperature reached approximately 78 degrees. She checked on the toddler only once from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. and found her with no pulse after her shift.
The mother took the child to the doctor and hospital where the youngster was pronounced dead. She had a body temperature of 108.9 degrees.
Soriano-Rincon is being held in the county jail pending future legal action.
“The blameless victim in this case suffered for the alleged reckless conduct of this defendant,” said Hoovler. “The outcome of this case was as tragic as it was preventable.”
The case was handled by the State Police Child Abuse Unit and Middletown City Police.
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