MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A pediatrician was charged within the dying of her 4-year-old daughter, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Workplace introduced Wednesday.
Dr. Neha Gupta, a 36-year-old pediatrician from Oklahoma Metropolis, is accused of killing her daughter, Aria Talathi, at a short-term rental residence in El Portal, WSVN reported.
The information station reported that El Portal cops have been referred to as to a house on 156 Northwest 90 Road round 4:30 a.m. on June 27 after somebody referred to as 911 to report a baby drowning.
Miami-Dade Fireplace Rescue took the lady to a hospital, the place she died.
Authorities advised WSVN that Gupta, who shared custody of Aria along with her ex-husband, had traveled with the kid from Oklahoma Metropolis to South Florida to remain at a short-term rental.
In accordance with an arrest warrant obtained by the WSVN, Gupta claimed Aria by accident drowned after slipping off the bed throughout the evening and wandering outdoors.
NBC affiliate WTVJ reported that the mom advised investigators she tried to save lots of her daughter however could not as a result of she did not know learn how to swim.
WSVN reported that drowning was dominated out because the lady’s explanation for dying after an post-mortem revealed no water in her lungs or abdomen.
The arrest warrant reportedly confirmed that the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Workplace discovered indicators of trauma inside Aria’s mouth and cheeks, which have been in line with asphyxiation by smothering.
Investigators consider Gupta staged the scene to make her daughter’s dying seem as an unintentional drowning, WSVN reported.
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant and traveled to Oklahoma with the assistance of the Oklahoma Metropolis Police Division and the U.S. Marshals Service to arrest Gupta. She might be extradited to Florida.
