The 42-year-old mother from Anaheim, about 26 miles south of Los Angeles, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse causing great bodily injury after her 3-year-old daughter was found dead in her car as temperatures reached more than 104 degrees, according to a release from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office Tuesday.

Cazares, 42, of Anaheim, was charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse causing great bodily injury

The "intoxicated' mother who allegedly left daughter, 3, to die in a hot car, lost her two young sons to a drunk driving incident 12 years ago, and has even worked to pass tougher DUI laws