Second daycare worker pleads not guilty in hot van child death case

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Sendy Ruiz, one of two women accused in the hot van death of a Brownsville boy, has pleaded not guilty.

Ruiz, who was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, waived her arraignment on Nov. 6 and pleaded not guilty to injury to a child recklessly causes serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony, according to Cameron County court records.

Ruiz, 37, was formally charged for her role in the death of 4-year-old Logan Urbina, who was found in a van that belonged to the Learning Club Pre School.

According to previous ValleyCentral reports, Urbina was found in the hot van on June 27, hours after a morning field trip.

Both women transported 24 children back to the daycare after the field trip, arriving back at the daycare around 11:30 a.m.

At approximately 4:30 p.m., daycare staff members realized Urbina was missing.

The other daycare worker, Karen Silva, pleaded guilty to the same charge on Nov. 4 and is scheduled for sentencing on Nov. 20.