Pediatrician charged after her 4-year-old daughter drowns whereas on household journey | EUROtoday

A pediatrician from Oklahoma City has been charged with first‑diploma homicide after her 4-year-old daughter died in what investigators now consider was a staged drowning at a South Florida quick‑time period rental dwelling.

Dr. Neha Gupta, 36, and her daughter, Aria Talathi, had been on trip in El Portal when she known as 911 a few baby drowning in a residential pool at 3:40 a.m. on June 27, her legal professional, Richard Cooper, instructed Local 10 News.

Upon arrival, Gupta walked them to the yard the place Talathi was unresponsive within the deep finish, an post-mortem report obtained by the outlet states.

First responders discovered Talathi unresponsive and began CPR. She was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, the place she was later pronounced useless.

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Initially thought-about a tragic accident, the incident led to Gupta’s arrest in Oklahoma City following a weeks-long murder investigation.

The post-mortem reportedly discovered no water in Talathi’s lungs or abdomen, ruling out drowning. Instead, accidents in her mouth and cheeks recommended “asphyxiation by smothering.”

The medical expert concluded Talathi was probably useless earlier than being positioned within the pool, and her empty abdomen contradicted her mom’s declare that she ate dinner at 9 p.m.

Gupta awaits extradition to Miami-Dade to face the first-degree homicide cost, the place she will probably be held with out bond.

Gupta instructed detectives that the pair went to mattress collectively in the main bedroom round 12:30 a.m. Gupta claimed she awoke at 3:20 a.m. to a noise, discovered Talathi lacking, and noticed her submerged within the pool. Unable to swim, Gupta stated she struggled to rescue her daughter for 10 minutes earlier than calling 911.

Cooper and Gupta’s different legal professional, Michael Mirer, instructed Local 10 News on Wednesday, “We are disappointed that the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office succumbed to pressure and rushed to judgment. As a result, a grieving mother who just lost her daughter is in jail.”

The attorneys concluded, “We look forward to a full investigation which will uncover the truth of the matter.”

Miami-Dade detectives have taken over the continuing investigation.

The Independent has contacted the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office for additional remark.