MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — Physique digicam video has been launched displaying the arrest of a pediatrician accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter while on vacation in Miami.
The video reveals officers pounding on the entrance door of a house in Oklahoma earlier than coming into and finding the suspect, Dr. Neha Gupta, 36, hiding behind a sliding door in what seems to be the kitchen. They then yell “arms,” earlier than inserting the girl in handcuffs.
Gupta is charged with first-degree homicide within the dying of her 4-year-old daughter, Aria Talathi, who was discovered floating in a pool on June 27.
In response to NBC affiliate WTVJ, Gupta returned to Oklahoma earlier than being arrested and extradited again to Miami-Dade.
WTVJ reported that Gupta initially instructed police she had fallen asleep within the Miami rental dwelling round 3:20 a.m. earlier than waking as much as discover her daughter had wandered onto the patio and was submerged underwater. She mentioned she tried to save lots of the lady however was unable as a result of she will’t swim.
In response to the arrest warrant, medical doctors didn’t discover water within the lady’s lungs or abdomen, per a drowning, however discovered bruising and cuts inside her mouth which led them to imagine she was smothered to dying previous to being positioned within the pool.
WTVJ mentioned that Gupta is being held with out bond on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Middle.
