A Jennings mother whose 10- month-old daughter died after she left her in a hot car could be headed to trial after pleading not guilty to negligent homicide in October.

Bill Riley, an attorney for Hannah Faith Cormier, 32, entered the plea on Cormier’s behalf and asked for a jury trial as part of the plea before District Judge Steve Gunnell in the 31st Judicial District Court.

Cormier was initially arrested on Aug. 18 on charges of second-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile, but was indicted on the lesser charge of negligent homicide by a grand jury on Oct. 2. Cormier’s bond was also reduced from $1 million to $10,000.

She remains out of jail, pending a pre-trial conference scheduled for March 31. The hearing will decide whether the case will go to trial or be resolved with a plea.

Cormier is accused of leaving her daughter unattended inside the hot car for several hours outside a fast food restaurant where she worked. Temperatures on that day were in the 90s with triple-digit heat indices.

The baby’s body temperature was 109 at the time she was taken to the hospital by her mother, according to police.

Cormier told police she accidentally left the baby in the car and did not realize it was still in the back seat until she left work and found her unconscious. Cormier took the baby to a local hospital where she was stabilized and transported to another hospital in critical condition. She died the next night from what police said was a heat stroke.